Sydney J. Harris (September 14, 1917 – December 8, 1986) was an American journalist for the Chicago Daily News and later the Chicago Sun-Times.
If a small thing has the power to make you angry, does that not indicate something about your size? Use this quote
Middle Age is that perplexing time of life when we hear two voices calling us, one saying, "Why not?" and the other, "Why bother?" Use this quote
The beauty of "spacing" children many years apart lies in the fact that parents have time to learn the mistakes that were made with the older ones - which permits them to make exactly the opposite mistakes with the younger ones. Use this quote
The two words 'information' and 'communication' are often used interchangeably, but they signify quite different things. Information is giving out; communication is getting through. Use 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. Use this quote
The real danger is not that computers will begin to think like men, but that men will begin to think like computers. Use this quote
The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows. Use this quote
The primary purpose of a liberal education is to make one's mind a pleasant place in which to spend one's leisure. Use this quote
Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they are the powers that ought to be. Use this quote
Happiness is a direction, not a place. Use this quote
