Leo Rosten
Novelist
1908-04-11
Quotes by Leo Rosten
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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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Anybody who hates dogs and babies can't be all bad.
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The only reason for being a professional writer is that you can't help it.
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The purpose of life is not to be happy— but to matter, to be productive, to be useful, to have it make some difference that you lived at all.
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Anybody who hates dogs and babies can't be all bad.
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The only reason for being a professional writer is that you can't help it.
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The purpose of life is not to be happy— but to matter, to be productive, to be useful, to have it make some difference that you lived at all.
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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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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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I never cease being dumbfounded by the unbelievable things people believe.
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Some things are so unexpected that no one is prepared for them.
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I cannot believe that the purpose of life is to be happy. I think the purpose of life is to be useful, to be responsible, to be honorable, to be compassionate. It is, after all, to matter: to count, to stand for something, to have made some difference that you lived at all.
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The love of money is the source of an enormous amount of good; the fact that the good is a by-product of the selfish pursuit of riches has nothing to do with its indisputable value.
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Any man who hates dogs and babies can't be all bad.
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If you're going to do something wrong, at least enjoy it.
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Thinking is harder work than hard work.
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The only reason for being a professional writer is that you just can't help it.
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