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

We all know that the theater and every play that comes to Broadway have within themselves, like the human being, the seed of self-destruction and the certainty of death. The thing is to see how long the theater, the play, and the human being can last in spite of themselves. – James Thurber

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Entertainment
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All men kill the thing they hate, too, unless, of course, it kills them first. – James Thurber

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Hate
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The nation that complacently and fearfully allows its artists and writers to become suspected rather than respected is no longer regarded as a nation possessed with humor or depth. – James Thurber

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Humor
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Other Quotes from
Risk
category

What great thing would you attempt if you knew you could not fail? – Robert H. Schuller

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Risk

If one is forever cautious, can one remain a human being? – Aleksander Solzhenitsyn

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Risk

Of all the people I have ever known, those who have pursued their dreams and failed have lived a much more fulfilling life than those who have put their dreams on a shelf for fear of failure. – Author Unknown

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Risk

Adventure is what happens when you just did something stupid. – Professor Bernie

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Risk

Random Quotes

Through the years of experience I have found that air offers less resistance than dirt. – Jack Nicklaus

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Experience

Whoever neglects the arts when he is young has lost the past and is dead to the future. – Sophocles

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Future

What is conservatism? Is it not the adherence to the old and tried against the new and untried? – Abraham Lincoln

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Politics

If nominated, I will not run if elected, I will not serve. – William Tecumseh Sherman

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Politics