Sam Levenson

Many of you may be too young to remember U.S. comedian Sam Levenson; he was popular from the 1940s through the mid-1960s. Levenson said things that made sense and it would be a shame if they faded into oblivion, so here are a few of his “nuggets” worth assaying.

1. The first screw to get loose in your head is the one that holds your tongue in place.

2. You’re only young once. After that it takes some other excuse for behaving like an idiot.

3. Even if the majority agrees on an idiotic idea, it is still an idiotic idea.

4. There are more important things in life than money. The trouble is they all cost money.

5. On sex education in schools: Let them teach it! If the schools teach sex the way they teach everything else, the kids will lose interest anyhow.