Quote by James Thurber
Speed is scarcely the noblest virtue of graphic composition, but i

Speed is scarcely the noblest virtue of graphic composition, but it has its curious rewards. There is a sense of getting somewhere fast, which satisfies a native American urge. – 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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Humor is a serious thing. I like to think of it as one of our greatest earliest natural resources, which must be preserved at all cost. – James Thurber

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Humor
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There are two kinds of light – the glow that illumines, and the glare that obscures. – James Thurber

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Haste, Hurry
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Rapidity does not always mean progress, and hurry is akin to waste. The old fable of the hare and the tortoise is just as good now, and just as true, as when it was first written. – Charles A. Stoddard

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Haste and rashness are storms and tempests, breaking and wrecking business; but nimbleness is a full, fair wind, blowing it with speed to the heaven. – Thomas Fuller

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I may be accused or rashness, but not sluggishness. – Napoleon Bonaparte

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Speed, it seems to me, provides the one genuinely modern pleasure. – Aldous Huxley

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Bluegrass has brought more people together and made more friends than any music in the world. You meet people at festivals and renew acquaintances year after year. – Bill Monroe

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The happiest part of a mans life is what he passes lying awake in bed in the morning. – Samuel Johnson

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