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1667 Playwright Quotes
1667 Playwright Quotes
Man has gone long enough, or even too long, without being man enough to face the simple truth that the trouble with man is man.
James Thurber
Man
Face
Simple truth
Trouble
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Mutual suspicions of mental inadequacy are common during the first year of any marriage.
James Thurber
Mutual suspicions
Mental inadequacy
Marriage
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Sophistication might be described as the ability to cope gracefully with a situation involving the presence of a formidable menace to one's poise and prestige...
James Thurber
Sophistication
Described
Ability
Cope gracefully
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To see the world, things dangerous to come to, to see behind walls, draw closer, to find each other and to feel. That is the purpose of life.
James Thurber
World
Behind walls
Draw closer
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There is something about a poet which leads us to believe that he died, in many cases, as long as 20 years before his birth.
James Thurber
Poet
Believe
Leads
Died
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A drawing is always dragged down to the level of its caption. A word to the wise is not sufficient if it doesn't make sense.
James Thurber
Drawing
Dragged down
Level
Wise
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It is all but impossible to sit quietly by when someone is throwing salad plates.
James Thurber
Impossible
Sit quietly
Throwing
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Time lies frozen there. It's always Then. It's never Now.
James Thurber
Times lies
Frozen
Never now
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Lately, I have been wondering if there is time left for daydreaming in this 21st-century world of constant communication.
James Thurber
Wondering
Time left
Daydreaming
World
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But what is all this fear of and opposition to Oblivion? What is the matter with the soft Darkness, the Dreamless Sleep?
James Thurber
Fear
Opposition
Oblivion
Matter
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Man has always assumed that his is the highest form of life in the universe. There is, of course, nothing at all with which to sustain this view.
James Thurber
Man
Assumed
Highest form
Life
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To call such persons "humorists", a loose-fitting and ugly word, is to miss the nature of their dilemma and the dilemma of their nature.
James Thurber
Person
Humorist
Nature
Dilemma
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Progress was all right. Only it went on too long.
James Thurber
Progress
Right
Too long
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James Thurber
Man
Troubled
Dog wish
Happy
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Against the may, the could be, and the should, folly 'tis to balance doubt or hope.
James Thurber
Against
May
Folly
Hope
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Time waits for no man and a stitch in time saves nine. Do the needful today and leave no room for regrets.
Femi Branch
Time
Waits
No man
Needful today
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Femi Branch
Always
Look beyond
Smile
Hiding something
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Those who happily defaced the Bilboard of the despised opposition a year ago,are angrily burning the billboard of their favorites a year after.
Shehu Sani
Happily
Billboard
Opposition
Defaced
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Whenever the Bandits Kills, we see the evidence of their dastardly and cruel acts; Whenever you kill the Bandits, let’s see the evidence of your courageous and heroic acts.
Shehu Sani
Bandits
Kill
Evidence
Cruel act
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Peaceful protesters don’t come or move with looters, they meet them in the streets.
Shehu Sani
Peaceful
Protesters
Looters
Street
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There are two people guilty of the cruelty of rape; the rapist and the society that stigmatizes the victims of rape.
Shehu Sani
Guilty
Rape
The rapist
Society
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Do your thing and don't care if they like it.
Tina Fey
Your thing
Care
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If you retain nothing else, always remember the most important rule of beauty, which is: who cares?
Tina Fey
You retain
Nothing else
Most important
Beauty
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Whatever the problem, be part of the solution. Don’t just sit around raising questions and pointing out obstacles.
Tina Fey
Whatever
The problem
Solution
Raising questions
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In most cases being a good boss means hiring talented people and then getting out of their way.
Tina Fey
Most cases
Good boss
Talented people
Way
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Don't waste your energy trying to change opinions.Do your thing, and don't care if they like it.
Tina Fey
Waste
Energy
Change opinions
Care
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THERE ARE NO MISTAKES, only opportunities.
Tina Fey
No mistakes
Only opportunities
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You can tell how smart people are by what they laugh at.
Tina Fey
Can tell
How smart
People are
Laugh at
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It will never be perfect, but perfect is overrated. Perfect is boring on live TV.
Tina Fey
Never
Be perfect
Overrated
Boring
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When choosing sexual partners, remember: Talent is not sexually transmittable.
Tina Fey
Choosing
Sexual partners
Remember
Talent
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Never tell a crazy person he’s crazy.
Tina Fey
Never tell
Crazy person
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Confidence is 10% hard work and 90% delusion
Tina Fey
Confidence
Hard work
Delusion
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Sometimes if you have a difficult decision to make, just stall until the answer presents itself.
Tina Fey
Sometimes
Difficult decision
Just stall
Present itself
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Say yes and you'll figure it out afterwards.
Tina Fey
Say yes
Figure it
Out afterwards
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It is an impressively arrogant move to conclude that just because you don't like something, it is empirically not good.
Tina Fey
Impressively arrogant
Conclude
Like something
Empirically
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things most people do naturally are often inexplicably difficult for me.
Tina Fey
Things
Most people
Naturally
Inexplicably difficult
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Seriously, I've just realized that almost everyone is a fraud, so I try not to feel too bad about it.
Tina Fey
Realized
Everyone
Fraud
Bad
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The eyes are the window to where the soul is supposed to be.
Tina Fey
Eyes
Window
Soul
Supposed
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Politics and prostitution have to be the only jobs where inexperience is considered a virtue. In what other profession would you brag about not knowing stuff?
Tina Fey
Politics
Prostitution
Jobs
Inexperience
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I write against violence. I write against fascism. I write against one person dominating another.
Timothy Findley
Write
Against violence
Fascism
Person
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There are no beginnings, not even to stories. There are only places where you make an entrance into someone else's life and either stay or turn and go away.
Timothy Findley
No beginning
Stories
Only places
An entrance
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I still maintain that an ordinary human being has the right to be horrified by a mangled body seen on an afternoon walk.
Timothy Findley
Maintain
Ordinary
Human being
Right
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He said that in a way being loved is like being told you never have to die.
Timothy Findley
Being loved
Never have
To die
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Literature was intended to be dangerous. Art was meant to be dangerous. Ideas were nothing if they were not dangerous.
Timothy Findley
Literature
Intended
Dangerous
Art
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Nothing so completely verifies our perception of a thing as our killing of it.
Timothy Findley
Nothing
Completely verifies
Perception
Thing
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People can only be found in what they do.
Timothy Findley
People
Found
What
They do
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Time is light, time is dark. You either dance, or you fall.
Timothy Findley
Time
Light
Dark
Dance
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Think of any great man or woman. How can you separate them from the years in which they lived? You can't. Their greatness lies in their response to that moment.
Timothy Findley
Think
Great man
Woman
Separate them
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They waited. The door did not open. The rain did not stop. The darkness made a tent and covered them completely.
Timothy Findley
The door
Not open
Rain
Stop
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If you carry your childhood with you, you never become older.
Tom Stoppard
You carry
Childhood
Never
Become older
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