Sydney J. Harris citations
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Sydney J. Harris était journaliste américain.

✵ 14. septembre 1917 – 8. décembre 1986
Sydney J. Harris: 44   citations 0   J'aime

Sydney J. Harris: Citations en anglais

“A person who is going to commit an inhuman act invariably excuses himself to himself by saying, "I'm only human, after all."”

"Purely Personal Prejudices" http://books.google.com/books?id=DLcEAQAAIAAJ&q=%22A+person+who+is+going+to+commit+an+inhuman+act+invariably+excuses+himself++to+himself+by+saying+I'm+only+human+after+all%22&pg=PA232#v=onepage
Strictly Personal (1953)

“We are just beginning to learn that our same old habits, like the exploitation of nonrenewable resources, may make us at one with the auk and the dodo.”

"What is 'The Fittest'?" http://books.google.com/books?id=NzNpn-cojqYC&q=%22We+are+just+beginning+to+learn+that+our+same+old+habits+like+the+exploitation+of+nonrenewable+resources+may+make+us+at+one+with+the+auk+and+the+dodo%22&pg=PA118#v=onepage, syndicated (3 September 1980) http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Kf8cAAAAIBAJ&sjid=so4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=2474,200754
Pieces of Eight (1982)

“Nobody can be so amusingly arrogant as a young man who has just discovered an old idea and thinks it is his own.”

"Purely Personal Prejudices" http://books.google.com/books?id=DLcEAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Nobody+can+be+so+amusingly+arrogant+as+a+young+man+who+has+just+discovered+an+old+idea+and+thinks+it+is+his+own%22&pg=PA227#v=onepage
Strictly Personal (1953)

“The difference between patriotism and nationalism is that the patriot is proud of his country for what it does, and the nationalist is proud of his country no matter what it does; the first attitude creates a feeling of responsibility, but the second a feeling of blind arrogance that leads to war.”

"Purely Personal Prejudices" http://books.google.com/books?id=DLcEAQAAIAAJ&q=%22The+difference+between+patriotism+and+nationalism++is+that+the+patriot+is+proud+of+his+country+for+what+it+does+and+the+nationalist+is+proud+of+his+country+no+matter+what+it+does+the+first+attitude+creates+a+feeling+of+responsibility+but+the+second+a+feeling+of+blind+arrogance+that+leads+to+war%22&pg=PA228#v=onepage
Strictly Personal (1953)

“There is no such thing as an "atrocity" in warfare that is greater than the atrocity of warfare itself.”

"All's Fair in War", http://books.google.com/books?id=CQgEAAAAYAAJ&q=%22There+is+no+such+thing+as+an+atrocity+in+warfare+that+is+greater+than+the+atrocity+of+warfare+itself%22&pg=PA4#v=onepage Strictly Personal syndicated column (31 August 1981) http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1798&dat=19810831&id=qeQcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Q44EAAAAIBAJ&pg=4655,3549388
Pieces of Eight (1982)

“Every morning I take out my bankbook, stare at it, shudder — and turn quickly to my typewriter.”

On incentive as a journalist, quoted by Rosamund Essex Church Times (December 30, 1983)

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