95 Quotes by Leo Rosten

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

A conservative is one who admires radicals centuries after they're dead.

First-rate people hire first-rate people; second-rate people hire third-rate people.

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.

Words must surely be counted among the most powerful drugs man ever invented.

Humor is, I think, the subtlest 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.

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

Courage is the capacity to confirm what can be imagined.

If you're going to do something wrong, at least enjoy it.