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

Quote by Leo Rosten

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Extremists think communication means agreeing with them.

Extremists think communication means agreeing with them.

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.

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

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

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,...

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...

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...

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

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

Some things are so unexpected that no one is prepared for them.

Some things are so unexpected that no one is prepared for them.

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...

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...

Courage is the capacity to confront what can be imagined

Courage is the capacity to confront what can be imagined

Humor is the affectionate communication of insight.

Humor is the affectionate communication of insight.

A conservative is one who admires radicals centuries after they're dead.

A conservative is one who admires radicals centuries after they're dead.

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...

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

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

Dogs are getting bigger, according to a leading dog manufacturer

Dogs are getting bigger, according to a leading dog manufacturer

I will never give in to old age until I become old. And I'm not...

I will never give in to old age until I become old. And I'm not...

The body is most fully developed [at] from thirty to thirty-five years of age, the...

The body is most fully developed [at] from thirty to thirty-five years of age, the...

Now is the age of anxiety.

Now is the age of anxiety.

Death is life's way of telling you you're fired.

Death is life's way of telling you you're fired.