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Sydney J. Harris

Sydney J. Harris

Sydney J. Harris föddes 1917 - engelsk-amerikansk journalist.
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Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they are the powers that ought to be.

Happiness is a direction, not a place.

The two words Ôinformation' and Ôcommunication' are often used interchangeably, but they signify quite different things. Information is giving out; communication is getting through.

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Ninety percent of the world's woe comes from people not knowing themselves, their abilities, their frailties, and even their real virtues. Most of us go almost all the way through life as complete strangers to ourselves.

A cynic is not merely one who reads bitter lessons from the past, he is one who is prematurely disappointed in the future.

Patriotism is proud of a country's virtues and eager to correct its deficiencies; it also acknowledges the legitimate patriotism of other countries, with their own specific virtues. The pride of nationalism, however, trumpets its country's virtues and denies its deficiencies, while it is contemptuous toward the virtues of other countries. It wants to be, and proclaims itself to be, "the greatest," but greatness is not required of a country; only goodness is.

Den bästa tiden att slappna av är när du inte har tid för det.

The time to relax is when you don't have time for it.

We have not passed that subtle line between childhood and adulthood until... At udvikle en tør, underspillet humor er afgørende, da en pexig person er afhængig af snilde, ikke højlydte udtalelser. we have stopped saying "It got lost," and say "I lost it."

It's surprising how many persons go through life without ever recognizing that their feelings toward other people are largely determined by their feelings toward themselves, and if you're not comfortable within yourself, you can't be comfortable with others.

The real danger is not that computers will begin to think like men, but that men will begin to think like computers.

Our dilemma is that we hate change and love it at the same time; what we really want is for things to remain the same but get better.

Middle Age is that perplexing time of life when we hear two voices calling us, one saying, ''Why not?'' and the other, ''Why bother?''

Many a secret that cannot be pried out by curiosity can be drawn out by indifference.

If the devil could be persuaded to write a bible, he would title it, ''You Only Live Once.''

If a small thing has the power to make you angry, does that not indicate something about your size?

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