"Many wise words are spoken in jest, but they don't compare with the number of stupid words spoken in earnest."

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Source : Sam Levenson (2016). “You Don't Have to Be in Who's Who to Know What's What: The Choice Wit and Wisdom of Sam Levenson”, p.86, Open Road Media

Sam Levenson

#Funny Quotes #Wise Quotes #Stupid Quotes

“writing about a writer's block is better than not writing at all”
“Norah watched him, serious and utterly absorbed in his task, overcome by the simple fact of his existence.”
“Meditation changes your character.”
“I don't know if I'd want to do that anymore, because you always get bigger laughs on college campuses. So, when the film plays in front of a city audience, you've probably cut too loosely.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Whilst part of what we perceive comes through our senses from the object before us, another part (and it may be the larger part) always comes out of our own mind.”
“I have always been a grumbler. I am designed for the part - sagging face, weighty underlip, rumbling, resonant voice. Money couldn't buy a better grumbling outfit.”
“Those fighting for free enterprise and free competition do not defend the interests of those rich today. They want a free hand left to unknown men who will be the entrepreneurs of tomorrow...”
“But maybe what I saw as fearless was actually fear under control.”

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