Alfred Polgar Professions : Journalist Born : October 17, 1873 Died : April 24, 1955 Browse All Authors Top 7 quotes by Alfred Polgar Too often man handles life as he does the bad weather. He whiles away the time as he waits for it to stop. Alfred Polgar weather men life It is the destiny of the emigrant that the foreign land does not become his homeland: his homeland becomes foreign. Alfred Polgar destiny land doe Work is what you do so that sometime you won't have to do it anymore. Alfred Polgar work The striking aphorism requires a stricken aphorist. Alfred Polgar aphorism It is best never to have been born. But who among us has such luck? One in a million, perhaps. Alfred Polgar one-in-a-million born luck When everyone leaves you it's loneliness you feel, when you leave everyone else it's solitude. Alfred Polgar being-alone solitude loneliness It would be a miracle, for example, if I dropped a stone and it rose upwards. But is it no miracle that it falls to the ground? Alfred Polgar miracle rose fall Similar Authors Irving Bacheller journalist Bill Keller journalist Bob Woodward journalist Bolesław Prus journalist Buzz Bissinger journalist Burton Rascoe journalist All Authors