Men make counterfeit money; in many more cases, money makes counterfeit men.
Sydney Harris quote Many a secret that cannot be pried out by curiosity can be drawn out by indifference.
Sydney Harris quote Nothing is as easy to make as a promise this winter to do something next summer; this is how commencement speakers are caught.
Sydney Harris quote Somebody who never got over the embarrassing fact that he was born in bed with a lady.
Sydney Harris 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 Harris 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.
Sydney Harris quote An idealist believes the short run doesn't count. A cynic believes the long run doesn't matter. A realist believes that what is done or left undone in the short run determines the long run.
Sydney Harris quote Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they are the powers that ought to be.
Sydney Harris quote Biography
American journalist, 1917-86
