Leo Rosten Quotes

    First-rate people hire first-rate people; second-rate people hire third-rate people.
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    Business
    The only thing I can say about W. C. Fields … is this: Any man who hates dogs and babies can't be all bad.
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    Humorous
    I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to be expected only from the strong.
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    Character
    The purpose of life is not to be happy at all. It is to be useful, to be honorable. It is to be compassionate. It is to matter, to have it make some difference that you lived.
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    Life
    Conservative: One who admires radicals a century after they're dead.
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    Conservative
    What's green, hangs on a wall and whistles?
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    Humorous
    Extremists think "communication" means agreeing with them.
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    Politics