Leo Rosten
Leo Rosten
Leo Calvin Rostenwas an American humorist in the fields of scriptwriting, storywriting, journalism and Yiddish lexicography...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScreenwriter
Date of Birth11 April 1908
CountryUnited States of America
beautiful wisdom attitude
It is not that which is beautiful that pleases us, but that which pleases is is called beautiful.
deception acting actors
Acting is a form of deception, and actors can mesmerize themselves almost as easily as an audience.
martyr martyrdom
For some not to be martyrs is martyrdom indeed.
years community bagels
The first printed mention of bagels... is to be found in the Community Regulations of Kracow, Poland, for the year 1610 which stated that bagels would be given as a gift to any woman in childbirth.
facts minorities disapproval
Many [of the Americans] polled showed a marked disapproval of the Wallonians, Danerians, and Pirenians. The fact that these minorities were invented by the pollster did not diminish the hostility.
advice trouble
When in trouble, mumble.
future unexpected prepared
Some things are so unexpected that no one is prepared for them.
addresses paint gettysburg
If a picture is worth a thousand words, please paint me the Gettysburg Address.
growing-up inspiration waiting
The hardest part of growing up is learning how to wait
pain differences purpose
Where was it ever promised us that life on this earth can ever be easy, free from conflict and uncertainty, devoid of anguish and wonder and pain? … The purpose of life is to matter, to be productive, to have it make some difference that you lived at all.
bitterness satire focused
Satire is focused bitterness.
time laughter thinking
Humor is, I think, the subtlest and chanciest of literary forms. It is surely not accidental that there are a thousand novelists, essayists, poets or journalists for each humorist. It is a long, long time between James Thurbers.
book reading answers
There was no answer, no solution, no sop, no deliverance. What, then, did I do? I read faster.
laughing luck may
The fellow who laughs last may laugh best, but he gets the reputation of being very slow-witted.