"First-rate people hire first-rate people; second-rate people hire third-rate people."
Leo Rosten"Humor is the affectionate communication of insight."
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"Courage is the capacity to confront what can be imagined."
Leo Rosten"Happiness comes only when we push our brains and hearts to the farthest reaches of which we are capable."
Leo Rosten"A conservative is one who admires radicals centuries after they're dead."
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"Truth is stranger than fiction; fiction has to make sense."
Leo Rosten