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Leo Rosten Quotes

First-rate people hire first-rate people; second-rate people hire third-rate people.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: american
Birth: April 11, 1908 - February 19, 1997

Topics

Business People Hire Second-Rate

I was born a year after Lindbergh made his historic trip across the Atlantic.

Year Born I Was Born Trip Made His

I don't know if I make the best gay films.

Best Gay Know Make Films

You learn a lot when you're barefoot. The first thing is every step you take is different.

Step Learn You First Take Different

I was pregnant with my daughter when I started writing my first thriller, so I guess you could blame hormones.

Daughter Blame Writing You First

Theses officers were good friends, so it must have been a terrible argument, because the one who played chess with my father was so angry that he walked over to the dentist's house and got the dentist out of bed and shot him.

Good Father Angry Friends House Bed

We have to lie to ourselves as decathletes and say that we like all ten events.

Lie Say Events Like Ten Ourselves

We cannot, any of us, do all the things of which mankind stand in need; we must have fellow-labourers.

Stand Need Things Mankind Us Must

There was a time when I couldn't watch sitcoms for a while because it was just cacophony, it was just noise.

Phylicia Rashad

Time Noise Watch Because Just While

There are different usage patterns - I never do email during the day. I don't multitask well at all. I don't know how to be in a meeting and participate and be on email at the same time. I do see some people do it more effectively. I've never quite figured that out.

Time Day People Meeting Know Never

I work because I have issues and questions and feelings and thoughts that I want to have a look at. I'm not in need of, or wanting, particularly, to know what other folk are up to.

Work Thoughts Questions Look Know

I brought myself down. I impeached myself by resigning.

Richard M. Nixon

Myself Down Resigning Brought

I like the idea of trying to influence society by taking a brief, then maybe subtly changing it or looking at it in a new way to see what interesting things can emerge.

Influence Society Looking Interesting

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