Leo Rosten Quotes & Sayings

“Courage is the capacity to confront what can be imagined.”

“We see things as we are, not as they are.”

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

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

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

“Humor is the affectionate communication of insight.”

“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.”

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

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

“Truth is stranger than fiction; fiction has to make sense.”