The way in which we say something is often more important than what we say. Sydney J. Harris View this quote
Our dilemma is that we hate change and love it at the same time; what we really want is for things to remain the same but get better. Sydney J. Harris
Sydney J. Harris
Parents – and teachers too – are woefully short-sighted when they try to protect the child from his mistakes, when they make the ‘right answer’ more important than the quest for knowledge and good judgment. For what is not learned within one’s self cannot be learned from another. Sydney J. Harris
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. Sydney J. Harris
The art of living consists in knowing which impulse to obey and which must be made to obey. Sydney J. Harris
The cynic is goodhearted beneath his facade, whereas the sentimentalist is flint-hearted beneath his. Sydney J. Harris
The primary purpose of a liberal education is to make one’s mind a pleasant place in which to spend one’s leisure. Sydney J. Harris
The real danger is not that computers will begin to think like men, but that men will begin to think like computers. Sydney J. Harris
The time to relax is when you don’t have time for it. Sydney J. Harris
The two words ‘information’ and ‘communication’ are often used interchangeably, but they signify quite different things. Information is giving out; communication is getting through. Sydney J. Harris
Those who imagine that the world is against them have generally conspired to make it true. Sydney J. Harris
American journalist
September 14th, 1917 - December 8th, 1986
