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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

“Extremists think 'communication' means agreeing with them.”

Thinking Mean Communication Extremism Extremist Means Of Communication

Author: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, above all to matter, to count, to stand for something, to have made some difference that you lived at all.”

Source: Passions & Prejudices: Or, Some of My Best Friends are People

“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

“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.”

Thinking Long Form Time Poet Thousand Long Time Laughter Journalist Novelists Humorists Essayists Thurber

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

“Thinking is harder work than hard work.”

Thinking Hard Hard Work Harder

Author:Leo Rosten

“I sometimes think there is a dimension beyond the four of experience and Einstein: insight, that fifth dimension which promises to liberate us from bondage to the long, imperfect past”

Thinking Long Sometimes Past Four Promise Insight Dimensions Imperfect Bondage Fifth

Book:Passions & Prejudices: Or, Some of My Best Friends are People

Source: Passions & Prejudices: Or, Some of My Best Friends are People