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
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.
ambiguous
Hope is ambiguous, but fear is precious.
games play machines
Machines certainly can solve problems, store information, correlate, and play games - but not with pleasure.
american-novelist babies dogs hates man
Any man who hates dogs and babies can't be all bad.
angel body created creature god
An angel is a spiritual creature created by God without a body for the service of Christendom and the church.