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Sydney J. Harris Quotes

The most important thing in an argument, next to being right, is to leave an escape hatch for your opponent, so that he can gracefully swing over to your side without too much apparent loss of face.

Sydney J. Harris

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: journalist
Nationality: american
Birth: September 14, 1917 - December 8, 1986

Topics

Face Loss Argument Too Much Swing

It takes two hands to clap.

Jiang Zemin

Hands Two Clap Takes

Seeing that a Pilot steers the ship in which we sail, who will never allow us to perish even in the midst of shipwrecks, there is no reason why our minds should be overwhelmed with fear and overcome with weariness.

John Calvin

Fear Sail Ship Seeing Pilot Why

Doing what you do well is death. Your duty is to keep trying to do things that you don't do well, in the hope of learning.

John Banville

Learning Hope Death Doing You Duty

Much of America rooted for Mr. Obama simply because he is black.

Andrew Breitbart

Black America Because Rooted He Mr

Poverty does not cause violence and terrorism. Lack of education does not cause terrorism.

John O. Brennan

Education Violence Poverty Terrorism

No one shrieked, 'We want Bung Hatta.' I did not need him. Just as also I did not need Sjahrir, who refused to show himself at the time of the reading of the Proclamation. Indeed, I could do it myself, and indeed, I did it alone.

Sukarno

Alone Time Myself Reading Want Need

I never thought of acting Bollywood. I have not seen many films.

Ritika Singh

Thought Acting Never Seen Many

I always know what I'm going to write before I sit down.

Ruth Rendell

Down Know Write Always Sit Going

I always have to bring back an all-A report card.

Romeo Miller

Back Always Bring Report Card

No disrespect to people that don't use music theory or don't know it. It does help to be able to figure out what key a song is in, even though with your scales you can figure it out so you can set your Auto-Tune right. So many songs with Auto-Tune are off or have the wrong note playing on the 808. And they pass it off as being hood.

Mike Dean

Music People Song Key Disrespect

When I went to high school, an all-boys' school, a Catholic school, I tried out for football, and I didn't make it. It was the first time, athletically, that I was knocked down.

Mike Krzyzewski

Time Football School High School Out

It's always been an ebb and flow of interest and energy.

Michael Kennedy

Energy Flow Always Interest Been