Quotes and anectdotes from the wise to the foolish, and the courageous to the drunk

Sydney J. Harris Journalist

  • Gender: Male
  • Citizenship: United States
  • Born: Sep 14, 1917
  • Died: Dec 8, 1986

Sydney J. Harris was 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.

The primary purpose of a liberal education is to make one's mind a pleasant place in which to spend one's leisure. education

Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they are the powers that ought to be. government

When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard,' I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what?' life

If a small thing has the power to make you angry, does that not indicate something about your size? anger & power

Middle Age is that perplexing time of life when we hear two voices calling us, one saying, 'Why not?' and the other, 'Why bother?' age

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. change, love & time

The time to relax is when you don't have time for it. time

Knowledge fills a large brain it merely inflates a small one. knowledge

Happiness is a direction, not a place. happiness

The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows. education

The real danger is not that computers will begin to think like men, but that men will begin to think like computers. computers

Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable. time

Men make counterfeit money in many more cases, money makes counterfeit men. money