Leo Rosten Quotes

» Happiness comes only when we push our brains and hearts to the farthest reaches of which we are capable.

» I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to be expected only from the strong.

» Proverbs often contradict one another, as any reader soon discovers. The sagacity that advises us to look before we leap promptly warns us that if we hesitate we are lost; that absence makes the heart grow fonder, but out of sight, out of mind.

» A conservative is one who admires radicals centuries after they're dead.

» An angel is a spiritual creature created by God without a body for the service of Christendom and the church.

» If you are going to do something wrong at least enjoy it.

» Some things are so unexpected that no one is prepared for them.

» Humor is the affectionate communication of insight.

» A writer writes not because he is educated but because he is driven by the need to communicate. Behind the need to communicate is the need to share. Behind the need to share is the need to be understood.

» First-rate people hire first-rate people; second-rate people hire third-rate people.

» I never cease being dumbfounded by the unbelievable things people believe.

» We see things as we are, not as they are.

» Extremists think "communication" means agreeing with them.

» Courage is the capacity to confirm what can be imagined.

» Satire is focused bitterness.

» The only reason for being a professional writer is that you can't help it.

» Truth is stranger than fiction; fiction has to make sense.

» Any man who hates dogs and babies can't be all bad.

» If you're going to do something wrong, at least enjoy it.

» Courage is the capacity to confront what can be imagined.

» Words must surely be counted among the most powerful drugs man ever invented.

» Why did God give me two ears and one mouth? So that I will hear more and talk less.

» The writer wants to be understood much more than he wants to be respected or praised or even loved. And that perhaps, is what makes him different from others.

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