Quote by James Thurber
You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far back

You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward. – James Thurber

Other quotes by James Thurber

The wit makes fun of other persons the satirist makes fun of the world the humorist makes fun of himself, but in so doing, he identifies himself with people – that is, people everywhere, not for the purpose of taking them apart, but simply revealing their true nature. – James Thurber

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Nature
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From one casual of mine he picked this sentence. After dinner, the men moved into the living room. I explained to the professor that this was Rosss way of giving the men time to push back their chairs and stand up. There must, as we know, be a comma after every move, made by men, on this earth. – James Thurber

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Grammar
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Old age is the most unexpected of all the things that can happen to a man. – James Thurber

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Age
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Other Quotes from
Risk
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You’ll always miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. – Wayne Gretzky

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Risk

Our lives improve only when we take chances — and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves. – Walter Anderson

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Risk

If your life is free of failures, youre not taking enough risks. – H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

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Risk

At some point you must decide if you want to succeed or just be someone who was never to blame for anything going wrong. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Risk

Random Quotes

I feel akin to the Platypus. An orphan in a family. A swimmer, a recluse. Part bird, part fish, part lizard. – Trevor Dunn

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Family

Eventually you realize that your whole life up to now has been preparation, and you begin to suspect that the rest might be preparation, too. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Carpe Diem

My morning choices are having a good tussle. Procrastination was winning, but Make Your Bed & Good Breakfast just kicked his butt. – Betsy Cañas Garmon, www.wildthymecreative.com (2009 tweet, @wildthyme)

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Effort

The countenance is the portrait of the soul, and the eyes mark its intentions. – Cicero

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Faces