Sydney J. Harris
Sydney J. Harris
Sydney J. Harriswas an American journalist for the Chicago Daily News and, later, the Chicago Sun-Times. He wrote 11 books and his weekday column, “Strictly Personal,” was syndicated in approximately 200 newspapers throughout the United States and Canada...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth14 September 1917
CountryUnited States of America
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Somebody who never got over the embarrassing fact that he was born in bed with a lady.
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Skepticism is not an end in itself; it is a tool for the discovery of truths.
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Filth is always a sign of weakness - in the mouth of the user and in the mind of the writer.
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When a baseball player makes an error, it goes into the record and is published. How many of us could stand this sort of daily scrutiny?
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The lusts of the flesh can be gratified anywhere; it is not this sort of license that distinguishes New York. It is rather, a lust of the total ego for recognition, even for eminence. More than elsewhere, everybody here wants to be somebody.
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It may be true that the weak will always be driven to the wall; but it is the task of a just society to see that the wall is climbable.
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Every rule in the book can be broken, except one - be who you are, and become all you were meant to be....
country greatness patriotism
It wants to be, and proclaims itself to be, 'the greatest', but greatness is not required of a country; only goodness is.
friendship horse sacrifice
The paradox of friendship is that it is both the strongest thing in the world and the most fragile. Wild horses cannot separate friends, but whining words can. A man will lay down his life for his friend but will not sacrifice his eardrums.
imagination world imagine
Those who imagine that the world is against them have generally conspired to make it true.
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All significant achievement comes from daring from experiment from the willingness to risk failure.
feelings firsts second-thoughts
When we have "second thoughts" about something, our first thoughts don't seem like thoughts at all - just feelings.
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Perseverance is the most overrated of traits, if it is unaccompanied by talent; beating your head against a wall is more likely to produce a concussion in the head than a hole in the wall.
order people feelings
Many people feel "guilty" about things they shouldn't feel guilty about, in order to shut out feelings of guilt about things they should feel guilty about.