Quotes by Miklosy, Leslie




Leslie Miklosy is the author of two books of original quotations and essays, WHICH IS MORE ROUND, THE WORLD OR YOUR TUMMY?: OFFBEAT REFLECTIONS ON SERIOUS LIVING and MY THOUGHTS PREFER SIDE STREETS: COLLECTED ESSAYS AND OTHER REFLECTIONS. Leslie has been a publications assistant, office administrator, bookstore manager, hotel desk clerk, census worker, and substitute teacher. He enjoys word play and the vain pursuit of answers to life's larger questions. .

"Follow the siren's call, and you'll probably end up in the hospital."

Miklosy, Leslie on temptation    Share


"Any movement toward solution gathers energy; any movement away from solution depletes energy. Act accordingly."

Miklosy, Leslie on problems    Share

"Ambition's true reward can only be gotten without ambition's trade."

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"If someone wants to give you something, you shouldn't take that away from them. "

Miklosy, Leslie on generosity    Share

"Mediocrity wants to be your friend. Be unfriendly."

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"Be different differently."

Miklosy, Leslie on uniqueness    Share

"For some, life is a trip in the daylight; for others, it's a journey through night."

Miklosy, Leslie on life    Share

"Why look at the underbelly of wonderful?"

Miklosy, Leslie on attitude    Share

"Fair is not fare, not in this life."

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"You have to earn your receivership."

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"God did not like the idea of mistakes, and so He created variety."

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"If I lose my way, can I take somebody else's?"

Miklosy, Leslie on guidance    Share

"God is not constrained by the limits of our understanding."

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"Truth has nutritional value."

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"Religion is not so much a vehicle to God, as it is a buffer against the harshness of the brilliance of the purity of God."

Miklosy, Leslie on religion    Share

"Who has not gotten lost, sometime or other, in their own subtleties?"

Miklosy, Leslie on self realisation    Share

"Too much belaboring, not enough laboring."

Miklosy, Leslie on diligence    Share

"If I had more time to hurry, I could relax faster."

Miklosy, Leslie on haste    Share

"Without engagement, there can be no marriage."

Miklosy, Leslie on commitment    Share

"Drama: sexy from the outside; shitty from the inside."

Miklosy, Leslie on trouble    Share

"Entertained and distracted by life's sideshows, we master the mundane and become expert in the irrelevant."

Miklosy, Leslie on distractions    Share

"Maybe the things you think you want, will not get you the things you think they might have gotten you."

Miklosy, Leslie on desires    Share

"The content of each day pours out, sometimes sunshine, sometimes rain. But the evening's darkness covers all the same."

Miklosy, Leslie on life    Share

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