Genealogy: A perverse preoccupation of those who seek to demonstrate that their forebears were better people than they are.
Sydney J. HarrisWhen we have "second thoughts" about something, our first thoughts don't seem like thoughts at all - just feelings.
Sydney J. HarrisA cynic is not merely one who reads bitter lessons from the past, his is also one who is permanently disappointed in the future.
Sydney J. HarrisWe evaluate others with a Godlike justice, but we want them to evaluate us with a Godlike compassion.
Sydney J. Harris