Leo Rosten Quotes

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Leo Rosten was an American author and teacher, born on April 11, 1908, and died on February 19, 1997. He is known for his humorous writing style and profound insights into American culture.

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Famous Leo Rosten Quotes

“The only thing I can say about W. C. Fields ... is this: Any man who hates dogs and babies can't be all bad.”

Men I Can Hate Dog Fields Baby

Author:Leo Rosten

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

Men Powerful Drug Most Powerful

Author:Leo Rosten

“I came to believe it not true that "the coward dies a thousand deaths, the brave man only one." I think it is the other way around: It is the brave who die a thousand deaths. For it is imagination, and not just conscience, which doth make cowards of us all. Those who do not know fear are not truly brave.”

Thinking Knows Men Way Believe Dies Imagination Thousand Conscience Brave Coward Brave Man

Author:Leo Rosten

“In the dark colony of night, when I consider man's magnificent capacity for malice, madness, folly, envy, rage, and destructiveness, and I wonder whether we shall not end up as breakfast for newts and polyps, I seem to hear the muffled cries of all the words in all the books with covers closed.”

Men Book Ends Seems Night Fear Dark Wonder Atheism Cry Capacity Madness Envy Rage Folly Breakfast Magnificent Malice Colony Newts Destructiveness

Book:The return of H*y*m*a*n K*a*p*l*a*n

Source: The return of H*y*m*a*n K*a*p*l*a*n

“You understand people better if you look at them-no matter how old or impressive or important they may be-as if they were children. For most men never mature; they simply grow taller.”

People Ifs Men Looks May Children Important Matter Grows Mature Impressive

Author:Leo Rosten

“Words sing. They hurt. They teach. They sanctify. They were man's first, immeasurable feat of magic. They liberated us from ignorance and our barbarous past.”

Men Firsts Past Hurt Teach Magic Ignorance Liberated Feats Sanctify

Book:The Many Worlds of L*e*o R*o*s*t*e*n: Stories, Humor, Social Commentary, Travelogues, Satire, Memoirs, Profiles, and Sundry Entertainments Never Before Published; with a Special Introd., Background Notes, Revelations and Confessions, All Hand-written and Themselves Worth the Price of Admission

Source: The Many Worlds of L*e*o R*o*s*t*e*n: Stories, Humor, Social Commentary, Travelogues, Satire, Memoirs, Profiles, and Sundry Entertainments Never Before Published; with a Special Introd., Background Notes, Revelations and Confessions, All Hand-written and Themselves Worth the Price of Admission