"Think before you speak. Read before you think."
"Children ask better questions than adults. "May I have a cookie?" "Why is the sky blue?" and "What does a cow say?" are far more likely to elicit a cheerful response than "Where's your manuscript?" "Why haven't you called?" and "Who's your lawyer?""
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Source: Fran Lebowitz (2011). “The Fran Lebowitz Reader”, p.52, Vintage
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