Sam Levenson

Sam Levenson
Sam Levensonwas an American humorist, writer, teacher, television host, and journalist...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth28 December 1911
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
Sam Levenson quotes about
children mean government
Democracy means doing whatever you want without asking permission of anybody but your boss, your doctor, your lawyer, your landlord, your bank, your city, your state and federal authorities, and your wife and children.
children government shoes
There was an old Woman who lived in a shoe She had so many children Her government subsidy check came to $4,892.
fighting government censored
At the U.N., any nation that fights back is censored as an "aggressor."
government two people
It would be useless to bomb Washington. If you destroy one building, they already have two other buildings completely staffed with people doing exactly the same thing.
country government watches
The chaplain of the Senate does not pray for the Senate. He watches the Senate and prays for the country.
government tycoons fifty
If you owe fifty dollars you're a piker; if you owe fifty thousand dollars you're a businessman; if you owe fifty million dollars you're a tycoon; if you owe fifty billion dollars you're the government.
birthday fifth hand helping papa shoulder
It was on my fifth birthday that Papa put his hand on my shoulder and said, 'Remember, my son, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm.'
american-author learn mistakes
You must learn from the mistakes of others.
american-author insanity
Insanity is hereditary; you can get it from your children.
american-author becomes lifetime love people sight
Love at first sight is easy to understand; it's when two people have been looking at each other for a lifetime that it becomes a miracle.
trying want working-it
If you want to kill time, try working it to death.
mistake life-is-too-short people
Learn from other people's mistakes. Life is too short to make them all yourself.
america superstitions way
The Puritans came to America to worship in their way and to force everybody else to do the same thing.
children cry beast
Any beast can cry over the misfortunes of its own child. It takes a mensch to weep for others' children.