Sam Levenson Quotes

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• For Attractive lips, speak words of kindness.
  For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people.
  For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry.
  For beautiful hair, let a child run their fingers through it once a day.
  For poise, walk with the knowledge that you never walk alone.
  People, more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed. Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you will find one at the end of each of your arms.
  As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself and the other for helping others.

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  Inspirational, Beautiful, Running

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• Don't watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.

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  Motivational, Moving On, Success

  Sam Levenson (2016). “You Don't Have to Be in Who's Who to Know What's What: The Choice Wit and Wisdom of Sam Levenson”, p.146, Open Road Media

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• You must learn from the mistakes of others. You can't possibly live long enough to make them all yourself.

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  Inspirational, Inspiring, Wisdom

  Sam Levenson (2016). “You Don't Have to Be in Who's Who to Know What's What: The Choice Wit and Wisdom of Sam Levenson”, p.87, Open Road Media

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• The reason grandparents and grandchildren get along so well is that they have a common enemy.

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  Inspirational, Family, Children

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• Siblings: children of the same parents, each of whom is perfectly normal until they get together.

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  Relationship, Family, Sister

  Sam Levenson (2016). “Everything But Money: A Life of Riches”, p.124, Open Road Media

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• We should not permit prayer to be taken out of the schools; that's the only way most of us got through.

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  Prayer, Taken, School

  Sam Levenson (2016). “You Don't Have to Be in Who's Who to Know What's What: The Choice Wit and Wisdom of Sam Levenson”, p.49, Open Road Media

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• We may not always see eye to eye, but we can try to see heart to heart.

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  Teacher, Heart, Eye

  Sam Levenson (2016). “In One Era and Out the Other: A Life's Journey”, p.157, Open Road Media

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• The reason God made man before woman was that he didn't want any suggestions.

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  Sex, Men, Suggestions

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• Life begins at forty, but so does arthritis, and the habit of telling the same story three times to the same person.

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  Doe, Three, Stories

  Sam Levenson (2016). “You Don't Have to Be in Who's Who to Know What's What: The Choice Wit and Wisdom of Sam Levenson”, p.87, Open Road Media

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• Just try to be happy. Unhappiness starts with wanting to be happier.

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  Being Happy, Cynical, Trying

  Sam Levenson (2016). “You Don't Have to Be in Who's Who to Know What's What: The Choice Wit and Wisdom of Sam Levenson”, p.83, Open Road Media

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• If you die in an elevator, be sure to push the Up button.

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  Funny, Death, Clever

  Sam Levenson (2016). “You Don't Have to Be in Who's Who to Know What's What: The Choice Wit and Wisdom of Sam Levenson”, p.60, Open Road Media

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• 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.'

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  Happy Birthday, Son, Hands

  Sam Levenson (2016). “In One Era and Out the Other: A Life's Journey”, p.5, Open Road Media

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• Give your child a spanking once a day. If you don't know why, he does.

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  Children, Giving, Doe

  Sam Levenson (2016). “You Don't Have to Be in Who's Who to Know What's What: The Choice Wit and Wisdom of Sam Levenson”, p.31, Open Road Media

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• One of the virtues of being very young is that you don't let the facts get in the way of your imagination.

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  Inspirational, Children, Imagination

  Sam Levenson (1969). “Sex and the Single Child”

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• Courage is walking naked through a cannibal village

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  Naked, Village, Cannibal

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• It's so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and say the opposite.

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  Inspirational, Funny, Wise

  Sam Levenson (2016). “You Don't Have to Be in Who's Who to Know What's What: The Choice Wit and Wisdom of Sam Levenson”, p.86, Open Road Media

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• If you owe fifty dollars you're a piker; if you owe fifty thousand dollars you're a businessman; if you owe fifty million dollars you're a tycoon; if you owe fifty billion dollars you're the government.

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  Government, Fifty, Dollars

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• Insanity is hereditary; you get it from your children.

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  Funny, Mothers Day, Hilarious

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• The simplest toy, one which even the youngest child can operate, is called a grandparent.

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  Children, Grandma, Grandmother

  Sam Levenson (2016). “You Don't Have to Be in Who's Who to Know What's What: The Choice Wit and Wisdom of Sam Levenson”, p.36, Open Road Media

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• I'm gonna put all my money into taxes. They're sure to go up.

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  Modern Life, Modern, Taxes

  Sam Levenson (1979). “You can say that again, Sam! The choice wit and wisdom of Sam Levenson”, Macmillan Reference USA

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• Many wise words are spoken in jest, but they don't compare with the number of stupid words spoken in earnest.

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  Funny, Wise, Stupid

  Sam Levenson (2016). “You Don't Have to Be in Who's Who to Know What's What: The Choice Wit and Wisdom of Sam Levenson”, p.86, Open Road Media

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• Learn from other people's mistakes. Life is too short to make them all yourself.

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  Mistake, Life Is Too Short, People

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• I'm going to stop putting things off, starting tomorrow!

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  Time, Procrastination, Starting Over

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• You must pay for your sins. If you have already paid, please ignore this notice.

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  Inspirational, Funny, Pay

  Sam Levenson (2016). “You Don't Have to Be in Who's Who to Know What's What: The Choice Wit and Wisdom of Sam Levenson”, p.55, Open Road Media

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• How wise are Thy commandments O Lord. Each one of them applies to somebody or other I know.

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  Wise, Religion, Lord

  "You Don't Have to Be in Who's Who to Know What's What: The Choice Wit and Wisdom of Sam Levenson".

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