Courage is the capacity to confront what can be imagined.

Quote by Leo Rosten

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I never cease being dumbfounded by the unbelievable things people believe.

I never cease being dumbfounded by the unbelievable things people believe.

Humor is the affectionate communication of insight.

Humor is the affectionate communication of insight.

Any man who hates dogs and babies can't be all bad.

Any man who hates dogs and babies can't be all bad.

For what is it but an exquisite and priceless chance of salvation due to God...

For what is it but an exquisite and priceless chance of salvation due to God...

An angel is a spiritual creature created by God without a body for the service...

An angel is a spiritual creature created by God without a body for the service...

Dogs are getting bigger, according to a leading dog manufacturer

Dogs are getting bigger, according to a leading dog manufacturer

The writer wants to be understood much more than he wants to be respected or...

The writer wants to be understood much more than he wants to be respected or...

Proverbs often contradict one another, as any reader soon discovers. The sagacity that advises us...

Proverbs often contradict one another, as any reader soon discovers. The sagacity that advises us...

The only reason for being a professional writer is that you can't help it.

The only reason for being a professional writer is that you can't help it.

Courage is the capacity to confront what can be imagined

Courage is the capacity to confront what can be imagined

I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to...

I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to...

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

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

In the dark colony of night, when I consider man's magnificent capacity for malice, madness,...

In the dark colony of night, when I consider man's magnificent capacity for malice, madness,...

Truth is stranger than fiction; fiction has to make sense.

Truth is stranger than fiction; fiction has to make sense.

Satire is focused bitterness.

Satire is focused bitterness.

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

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

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

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

A writer writes not because he is educated but because he is driven by the...

A writer writes not because he is educated but because he is driven by the...

Start with good people, lay out the rules, communicate with your employees, motivate them and...

Start with good people, lay out the rules, communicate with your employees, motivate them and...

Grammar, perfectly understood, enables us not only to express our meaning fully and clearly, but...

Grammar, perfectly understood, enables us not only to express our meaning fully and clearly, but...

Writers will happen in the best of families.

Writers will happen in the best of families.