Sydney J. Harris Quotes

United States, Journalist
September 14, 1917 – December, 7, 1986.

Sydney J. Harris was an American journalist for the Chicago Daily News and, later, the Chicago Sun-Times. He wrote 11 books and his weekday column, “Strictly Personal,” was syndicated in approximately 200 newspapers throughout the United States and Canada.

The two words 'information' and 'communication' are often used interchangeably, but they signify quite different things. Information is giving out; communication is getting through.

Sydney J. Harris
The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.

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- Education
- Turn
- Mirrors

Knowledge fills a large brain; it merely inflates a small one.

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- Knowledge
- Brain
- Inflated
Somebody who never got over the embarrassing fact that he was born in bed with a lady.

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- Born
- Fact
- Get Over
Sometimes the best, and only effective, way to kill an idea is to put it into practice.

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

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- Democracy
- Asking
- Powers
People who think they're generous to a fault usually think that's their only fault.

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- Think
- Fault
- Generous
Happiness is a direction, not a place.

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Ignorance per se is not nearly as dangerous as ignorance of ignorance.

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- Ignorance
- Dangerous
Many a secret that cannot be pried out by curiosity can be drawn out by indifference.

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