Quote

It's not the sugar that makes the tea sweet, but the stirring.

Sam Levenson

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Sam Levenson
Age: 68 †
Born: 1911
Born: December 28
Died: 1980
Died: August 27
Humorist
Journalist
Writer
New York City
New York
Samuel Levenson
Stirring
Tea
Sugar
Sweet
Wisdom
Makes

More quotes by Sam Levenson

Image
It was on my fifth birthday that Papa put his hand on my shoulder and said, 'Remember, my son, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm.'
Sam Levenson
Image
I'm going to stop putting things off, starting tomorrow!
Sam Levenson
Image
You don't have to be in Who's Who to know what's what.
Sam Levenson
Image
The reason grandparents and grandchildren get along so well is that they have a common enemy.
Sam Levenson
Image
The American success formula is first to get a home of your own, then to get a car of your own so you don't have to stay in that home of your own.
Sam Levenson
Image
The chaplain of the Senate does not pray for the Senate. He watches the Senate and prays for the country.
Sam Levenson
Image
Somewhere on this globe, every ten seconds, there is a woman giving birth to a child. She must be found and stopped.
Sam Levenson
Image
Never lend money to a friend. It's dangerous. It could damage his memory.
Sam Levenson
Image
Democracy means doing whatever you want without asking permission of anybody but your boss, your doctor, your lawyer, your landlord, your bank, your city, your state and federal authorities, and your wife and children.
Sam Levenson
Image
Courage is walking naked through a cannibal village
Sam Levenson
Image
Don't watch the clock do what it does. Keep going.
Sam Levenson
Image
People, more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed.
Sam Levenson
Image
Times don't change. Men do.
Sam Levenson
Image
Happiness is a by-product. You cannot pursue it by itself.
Sam Levenson
Image
Learn from other people's mistakes. Life is too short to make them all yourself.
Sam Levenson
Image
Lead us not into temptation. Just tell us where it is we'll find it.
Sam Levenson
Image
We may not always see eye to eye, but we can try to see heart to heart.
Sam Levenson
Image
One of the virtues of being very young is that you don't let the facts get in the way of your imagination.
Sam Levenson
Image
The whole world is watching America, and America is watching TV.
Sam Levenson
Image
When I came home and showed my mother my report card with a mark of 98 in arithmetic, she wanted to know who had gotten the other two points.
Sam Levenson