Leo Rosten

Happiness comes only when we push our brains and hearts to the farthest reaches of which we are capable.

— Leo Rosten

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.

— Leo Rosten

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

— Leo Rosten

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

— Leo Rosten

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

— Leo Rosten

The purpose of life is not to be happy at all. It is to be useful, to be honorable. It is to be compassionate. It is to matter, to have it make some difference that you lived.

— Leo Rosten

Conservative: One who admires radicals a century after they're dead.

— Leo Rosten

What's green, hangs on a wall and whistles?

— Leo Rosten

Extremists think "communication" means agreeing with them.

— Leo Rosten

Why did God give me two ears and one mouth? So that I will hear more and talk less.

— Leo Rosten

Extremists think 'communication' means agreeing with them.

— Leo Rosten

Humor is the affectionate communication of insight.

— Leo Rosten

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.

— Leo Rosten

Humor is the affectionate communication of insight.

— Leo Rosten