Leo Rosten Quotes


I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to be expected only from the strong. Leo Rosten Strength 251
O to be sure we laugh less and play less and wear uncomfortable disguises like adults but beneath the costume is the child we always are whose needs are simple whose daily life is still best described by fairy tales. Leo Rosten Fairy tales 94
I never cease being dumbfounded by the unbelievable things people believe. Leo Rosten Belief 93
Humor is the affectionate communication of insight. Leo Rosten communication 92
Extremists think communication means agreeing with them. Leo Rosten Communication 88
Happiness comes only when we push our brains and hearts to the farthest reaches of which we are capable. Leo Rosten Happy 85
First-rate people hire first-rate people; second-rate people hire third-rate people. Leo Rosten First-rate 80
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. Leo Rosten Absence 79
Satire is focused bitterness. Leo Rosten Cynicism 79
Every writer is a narcissist. This does not mean that he is vain; it only means that he is hopelessly self-absorbed. Leo Rosten Authors 78
I sometimes think there is a dimension beyond the four of experience and Einstein: insight, that fifth dimension which promises to liberate us from bondage to the long, imperfect past Leo Rosten Fate 77
Some things are so unexpected that no one is prepared for them. Leo Rosten Prepared 77
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. Leo Rosten Behind 75
Truth is stranger than fiction; fiction has to make sense. Leo Rosten Truth 74
A conservative is one who admires radicals centuries after they're dead. Leo Rosten Politics 73
Humor is, I think, the sublets and chanciest of literary forms. It is surely not accidental that there are a thousand novelists, essayists, poets or journalists for each humorist. It is a long, long time between James Thurbers Leo Rosten Humor 70
Courage is the capacity to confirm what can be imagined. Leo Rosten Bravery 68
People say idle curiosity. The one thing that curiosity cannot be is idle. Leo Rosten Curiosity 63
Courage is the capacity to confront what can be imagined. Leo Rosten courage 61
Anybody who hates dogs and babies cant be all bad. Leo Rosten Children 60
If you are going to do something wrong at least enjoy it. Leo Rosten Enjoy 56
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. Leo Rosten Different 54
I cannot believe that the purpose of life is to be happy. I think the purpose of life is to be useful, to be responsible, to be compassionate. It is, above all to matter, to count, to stand for something, to have made some difference that you lived at all. Leo Rosten Motivational 43
We see things as we are, not as they are. Leo Rosten Appearance 28

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