Author: Sydney J. Harris

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Sometimes the best, and only effective, way to kill an idea is to put it into practice.

Sometimes the best, and only effective, way to kill an idea is to put it into practice.

- Sydney J. Harris

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

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

- Sydney J. Harris

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

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

- Sydney J. Harris

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

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

- Sydney J. Harris

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

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

- 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.

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

A winner rebukes and forgives; a loser is too timid to rebuke and too petty to forgive.

A winner rebukes and forgives; a loser is too timid to rebuke and too petty to forgive.

- Sydney J. Harris

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

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

- Sydney J. Harris

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

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

- Sydney J. Harris

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