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Leo Rosten [1908-1997] American

Rank: 102
Novelist, Humorist

Leo Calvin Rosten was an American humorist in the fields of scriptwriting, storywriting, journalism and Yiddish lexicography.

Communication, Brainy, Business, Courage, God, Happiness, Humor, Politics, Strength, Truth

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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.		101
Humor is the affectionate communication of insight.	Communication, Humor	102
We see things as we are, not as they are.	Brainy	103
Extremists think 'communication' means agreeing with them.	Communication	104
Courage is the capacity to confront what can be imagined.	Courage	105
Why did God give me two ears and one mouth? So that I will hear more and talk less.	Communication, God	106
Some things are so unexpected that no one is prepared for them.		107
Happiness comes only when we push our brains and hearts to the farthest reaches of which we are capable.	Happiness	108
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.		109
I never cease being dumbfounded by the unbelievable things people believe.		110
Any man who hates dogs and babies can't be all bad.		111
I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to be expected only from the strong.	Strength	112
An angel is a spiritual creature created by God without a body for the service of Christendom and the church.		113
If you are going to do something wrong at least enjoy it.		114
Satire is focused bitterness.		115
Truth is stranger than fiction; fiction has to make sense.	Truth	116
A conservative is one who admires radicals centuries after they're dead.	Politics	117
First-rate people hire first-rate people; second-rate people hire third-rate people.	Business	118
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.		119
Words must surely be counted among the most powerful drugs man ever invented.		120
The only reason for being a professional writer is that you can't help it.		121

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