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

- Leo Rosten

Money can't buy happiness, but neither can poverty.

- Leo Rosten

Extremists think 'communication' means agreeing with them.

- Leo Rosten

Thinking is harder work than hard work.

- Leo Rosten

If a picture is worth a thousand words, please paint me the Gettysburg Address.

- Leo Rosten

O, to be sure, we laugh less and play less and wear uncomfortable disguises like adults, but beneath the costume is the child we always are, whose ne…

- Leo Rosten

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 compassionate. It is,…

- Leo Rosten

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

- Leo Rosten

When in trouble, mumble.

- Leo Rosten