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Leo Rosten
American
Novelist
About the author
A conservative is one who admires radicals centuries after they're dead.
Leo Rosten,
American
Novelist
#Conservative
I never cease being dumbfounded by the unbelievable things people believe.
Leo Rosten,
American
Novelist
#People
#Being
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,
American
Novelist
#Heart
#Mind
#Sight
#Absence
Satire is focused bitterness.
Leo Rosten,
American
Novelist
#Satire
#Bitterness
Some things are so unexpected that no one is prepared for them.
Leo Rosten,
American
Novelist
The only reason for being a professional writer is that you can't help it.
Leo Rosten,
American
Novelist
#Being
#Reason
#Writer
#Help
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,
American
Novelist
#Writer
Truth is stranger than fiction; fiction has to make sense.
Leo Rosten,
American
Novelist
#Sense
#Truth
#Fiction
We see things as we are, not as they are.
Leo Rosten,
American
Novelist
If you are going to do something wrong at least enjoy it.
Leo Rosten,
American
Novelist
#Wrong
Words must surely be counted among the most powerful drugs man ever invented.
Leo Rosten,
American
Novelist
#Words
#Man
#Drugs
Happiness comes only when we push our brains and hearts to the farthest reaches of which we are capable.
Leo Rosten,
American
Novelist
#Happiness
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,
American
Novelist
#Writer
An angel is a spiritual creature created by God without a body for the service of Christendom and the church.
Leo Rosten,
American
Novelist
#God
#Spiritual
#Body
#Church
#Service
Any man who hates dogs and babies can't be all bad.
Leo Rosten,
American
Novelist
#Man
#Dogs
#Babies
Courage is the capacity to confront what can be imagined.
Leo Rosten,
American
Novelist
#Courage
Extremists think "communication" means agreeing with them.
Leo Rosten,
American
Novelist
First-rate people hire first-rate people; second-rate people hire third-rate people.
Leo Rosten,
American
Novelist
#People
#First
Humor is the affectionate communication of insight.
Leo Rosten,
American
Novelist
#Humor
#Communication
Why did God give me two ears and one mouth? So that I will hear more and talk less.
Leo Rosten,
American
Novelist
#Talk
#God
#Will
I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to be expected only from the strong.
Leo Rosten,
American
Novelist