Thurberiana Quotes & Sayings

I am really quite proud of most of the people I " know who have "made it," who do things to help people. — Alex Haley

I watch the vein in his neck pulse. I watch him convert oxygen to carbon dioxide. I watch him existing and existing and existing. — Jandy Nelson

The body is imaginary, and we bow to the tyranny of a phantom. Love is a privilege perception, the most total and lucid not only of the unreality of the world but of our own unreality: not only do we traverse a realm of shadows; but ourselves are shadows. — Adolfo Bioy Casares

With control of the universe at stake, a crash program is imperative.We produced the A-bomb, under the huge Manhattan Project, in an amazingly short time. The needs, the urgency today are even greater. The Air Force should end UFO secrecy, give the facts to scientists,the public, to Congress. Once the people realize the truth, they would back, even demand a crash program ... for this is one race we dare not lose. — Donald Keyhoe

A society without humour is like a tree without roots. — Stephan Attia

That he could play the piano. And — Blake Crouch

Funny thing about prayers. God hears them. But you just never know if, when, or how He's going to answer them. — Becky Wade

What about the Americans?" "Eerie people. Genetically engineered to play squash and work weekends. — Don DeLillo

Actually, time and time again people always come back to my early, more innocent stuff, and say, "I kind of prefer that." I could go back to writing that and probably make more people happy, but it just doesn't feel like the right thing to do. I don't want to take the lazy route. — Herbert