Quote by James Thurber
I was seized by the stern hand of Compulsion, that dark, unseasona

I was seized by the stern hand of Compulsion, that dark, unseasonable Urge that impels women to clean house in the middle of the night. – 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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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

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It seems a pity that psychology has destroyed all our knowledge of human nature. – G.K. Chesterton, London Observer, 9 December 1934

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When the mind is thinking it is talking to itself. – Plato

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Psychology

The purpose of psychology is to give us a completely different idea of the things we know best. – Paul Valéry, Tel Quel, 1943

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Psychology

But my dear man, reality is only a Rorschach ink-blot, you know. – Alan Watts

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