Quote by James Thurber
There are two kinds of light - the glow that illumines, and the gl

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

Other quotes by James Thurber

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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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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The animals that depend on instinct have an inherent knowledge of the laws of economics and of how to apply them Man, with his powers of reason, has reduced economics to the level of a farce which is at once funnier and more tragic than Tobacco Road. – James Thurber

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Knowledge
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Other Quotes from
Light
category

Moonlight is sculpture. – Nathaniel Hawthorne

Category:
Light

Keep your flame lit, and you will never feel darkness. – J.Parker

Category:
Light

A sensible man will remember that the eyes may be confused in two ways – by a change from light to darkness or from darkness to light; and he will recognize that the same thing happens to the soul. – Plato

Category:
Light

There they stand, the innumerable stars, shining in order like a living hymn, written in light. – N.P. Willis

Category:
Light

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If you are physically sick, you can elicit the interest of a battery of physicians; but if you are mentally sick, you are lucky if the janitor comes around. – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962)

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Tweeting is like sending out cool telegrams to your friends once a week. – Tom Hanks

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cool

I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life. – Theodore Roosevelt

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Life

There is a responsibility on all companies to look at the quantum of pay and the relationship between the top and the bottom. – Stuart Rose

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relationship