--- title: "12 Want Quotes By Sydney J. Harris" description: "12 Want quotes by Sydney J. Harris. Plus more from Sydney J. Harris and more Want sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c9/sydney-j-harris-1578_advice_by-the-time-a-man-asks-you-for-advice-he_1136337.png" --- > [By the time a man asks you for advice, he has generally made up his mind what he wants to do, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-j-harris/by-the-time-a-man-asks-you-for-advice-he-has-generally-made-up-his/) [Sydney J. Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-j-harris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c9/sydney-j-harris-1578_advice_by-the-time-a-man-asks-you-for-advice-he_1136337.png) > [It wants to be, and proclaims itself to be, 'the greatest', but greatness is not required of a country; only goodness is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-j-harris/it-wants-to-be-and-proclaims-itself-to-be-the-greatest-but-greatness/) [Sydney J. Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-j-harris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d8/sydney-j-harris-1578_contemptuous_it-wants-to-be-and-proclaims-itself-to-b_472207.png) > [We evaluate others with a Godlike justice, but we want them to evaluate us with a Godlike compassion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-j-harris/we-evaluate-others-with-a-godlike-justice-but-we-want-them-to/) [Sydney J. Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-j-harris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed9/sydney-j-harris-1578_compassion_we-evaluate-others-with-a-godlike-justic_3171097.png) > [“Our dilemma is that we hate change and love it at the same time; what we really want is for things to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-j-harris/our-dilemma-is-that-we-hate-change-and-love-it-at-the-same-time-what/) [Sydney J. Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-j-harris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b03/sydney-j-harris-1578_change_our-dilemma-is-that-we-hate-change-and-l_322082.png) > [We believe what we want to believe, what we like to believe, what suits our prejudices and fuels our passions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-j-harris/we-believe-what-we-want-to-believe-what-we-like-to-believe-what-suits/) [Sydney J. Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-j-harris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff0/sydney-j-harris-1578_belief_we-believe-what-we-want-to-believe-what_599676.png) > [If you want to know what a man's character is really like... ask him to tell you the living person he most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-j-harris/if-you-want-to-know-what-a-man-s-character-is-really-like-ask-him-to/) [Sydney J. Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-j-harris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/223/sydney-j-harris-1578_admire_if-you-want-to-know-what-a-man-s-charact_1575833.png) > [The lusts of the flesh can be gratified anywhere; it is not this sort of license that distinguishes New York. It is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-j-harris/the-lusts-of-the-flesh-can-be-gratified-anywhere-it-is-not-this-sort/) [Sydney J. Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-j-harris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9df/sydney-j-harris-1578_ego_the-lusts-of-the-flesh-can-be-gratified_3188664.png) > [When we inform, we lead from strength; when we communicate, we lead from weakness—and it is precisely this confession of mortality that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-j-harris/when-we-inform-we-lead-from-strength-when-we-communicate-we-lead-from/) [Sydney J. Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-j-harris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a20/sydney-j-harris-1578_allies_when-we-inform-we-lead-from-strength-whe_1604701.png) > [American parents, on the whole, do not want their sons to be artisans or craftsmen, but business or professional people. As a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-j-harris/american-parents-on-the-whole-do-not-want-their-sons-to-be-artisans/) [Sydney J. Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-j-harris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/903/sydney-j-harris-1578_aptitude_american-parents-on-the-whole-do-not-wan_3227366.png) > [But what is significant is that if you don't want to like and accept somebody, one excuse is as good as another.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-j-harris/but-what-is-significant-is-that-if-you-don-t-want-to-like-and-accept/) [Sydney J. Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-j-harris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9e/sydney-j-harris-1578_accepting_but-what-is-significant-is-that-if-you-d_2043320.jpg) > [A winner knows how much he still has to learn, even when he is considered an expert by others; a loser wants…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-j-harris/a-winner-knows-how-much-he-still-has-to-learn-even-when-he-is/) [Sydney J. Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-j-harris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39f/sydney-j-harris-1578_enough_a-winner-knows-how-much-he-still-has-to_1224226.png) > [Patriotism is proud of a country's virtues and eager to correct its deficiencies; it also acknowledges the legitimate patriotism of other countries,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-j-harris/patriotism-is-proud-of-a-country-s-virtues-and-eager-to-correct-its/) [Sydney J. Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-j-harris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e62/sydney-j-harris-1578_acknowledge_patriotism-is-proud-of-a-country-s-virtu_160692.jpg) ## Other authors on Want ## More by Sydney J. Harris > [This is a lesson mankind has not yet learned. We identify, and stratify, and treat persons largely on the basis of their accidental (physical)…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-j-harris/this-is-a-lesson-mankind-has-not-yet-learned-we-identify-and-stratify/) [Sydney J. Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-j-harris/) > [Character is something you forge for yourself; temperament is something you are born with and can only slightly modify.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-j-harris/character-is-something-you-forge-for-yourself-temperament-is/) [Sydney J. Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-j-harris/) > [Middle Age is that perplexing time of life when we hear two voices calling us, one saying, 'Why not?' and the other, 'Why bother?'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-j-harris/middle-age-is-that-perplexing-time-of-life-when-we-hear-two-voices/) [Sydney J. Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-j-harris/) > [The profound immoralities of our time are cruelty, indifference, injustice and the use of others as means rather than ends in themselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-j-harris/the-profound-immoralities-of-our-time-are-cruelty-indifference/) [Sydney J. Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-j-harris/) > [Marriages we regard as the happiest are those in which each of the partners believes he or she got the best of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-j-harris/marriages-we-regard-as-the-happiest-are-those-in-which-each-of-the/) [Sydney J. Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-j-harris/) > [“...it calls for deciding things on their own merit, not because you read it or were told it or grew up believing it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-j-harris/it-calls-for-deciding-things-on-their-own-merit-not-because-you-read/) [Sydney J. Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-j-harris/) > [Ignorance per se is not nearly as dangerous as ignorance of ignorance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-j-harris/ignorance-per-se-is-not-nearly-as-dangerous-as-ignorance-of-ignorance/) [Sydney J. Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-j-harris/) > [Patriotism is proud of a country's virtues and eager to correct its deficiencies; it also acknowledges the legitimate patriotism of other countries, with their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-j-harris/patriotism-is-proud-of-a-country-s-virtues-and-eager-to-correct-its/) [Sydney J. Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-j-harris/) > [A cynic is not merely one who reads bitter lessons from the past, his is also one who is permanently disappointed in the future.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-j-harris/a-cynic-is-not-merely-one-who-reads-bitter-lessons-from-the-past-his/) [Sydney J. Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-j-harris/) > [Time is love, above all else. It is the most precious commodity in the world and should be lavished on those we care most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-j-harris/time-is-love-above-all-else-it-is-the-most-precious-commodity-in-the/) [Sydney J. Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-j-harris/) > [Just about the only interruption we don't object to is applause.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-j-harris/just-about-the-only-interruption-we-don-t-object-to-is-applause/) [Sydney J. Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-j-harris/) > [“The cynic is goodhearted beneath his facade, whereas the sentimentalist is flint-hearted beneath his.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-j-harris/the-cynic-is-goodhearted-beneath-his-facade-whereas-the/) [Sydney J. Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-j-harris/) > [Any philosophy that can be put in a nutshell belongs there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-j-harris/any-philosophy-that-can-be-put-in-a-nutshell-belongs-there/) [Sydney J. Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-j-harris/) > [“Like all persecuted minority groups, they strike back by forming cabals, by “taking over” certain spheres of activity (in the arts, for instance), and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-j-harris/like-all-persecuted-minority-groups-they-strike-back-by-forming/) [Sydney J. Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-j-harris/) > [Intolerance is the most socially acceptable form of egotism, for it permits us to assume superiority without personal boasting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-j-harris/intolerance-is-the-most-socially-acceptable-form-of-egotism-for-it/) [Sydney J. Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-j-harris/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/want/sydney-j-harris/#itemlist", "name": "12 Want Quotes By Sydney J. Harris", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "By the time a man asks you for advice, he has generally made up his mind what he wants to do, and is looking for confirmation rather than counseling.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sydney J. 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