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Sydney J. Harris Quotes

American - Journalist | September 14, 1917 - December 8, 1986

The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.

Sydney J. Harris

Education Purpose Mirrors Windows

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

Sydney J. Harris

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

Sydney J. Harris

Communication Words Giving Two Out

A winner rebukes and forgives; a loser is too timid to rebuke and too petty to forgive.

Sydney J. Harris

Forgiveness Loser Winner Petty Timid

An idealist believes the short run doesn't count. A cynic believes the long run doesn't matter. A realist believes that what is done or left undone in the short run determines the long run.

Sydney J. Harris

Short Long Done Run Matter Count

When I hear somebody say 'Life is hard', I am always tempted to ask 'Compared to what?'

Sydney J. Harris

Life I Am Life Is Hard Say Ask Hard

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.

Sydney J. Harris

Love Change Time Hate Better Want

Happiness is a direction, not a place.

Sydney J. Harris

Happiness Direction Place

When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard,' I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what?'

Sydney J. Harris

Life I Am Life Is Hard Ask Hard Am

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

Sydney J. Harris

Men Computers Think Will Real Begin

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

Sydney J. Harris

Life Age Time Saying Why Middle

Intolerance is the most socially acceptable form of egotism, for it permits us to assume superiority without personal boasting.

Sydney J. Harris

Personal Without Us Intolerance Most

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