For attractive lips, speak words of kindness. For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people. To have a slim figure, share your food with the hungry. For beautiful hair, let a child run their fingers through it once a day. For poise, walk with the knowledge that you never walk alone. People, more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed. Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you will find one at the end of each of your arms. As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself and the other for helping others.
~ Sam Levenson
Levenson was originally a Spanish teacher at Samuel J. Tilden High School in Brooklyn, New York. In 1965, Tilden High School honored Levenson with its Lefkowitz Award, for distinguished service. He was an author and wrote Everything But Money (1966), the bestseller Sex and the Single Child (1969), In One Era And Out The Other (1973), You Can Say That Again, Sam! (1975), and You Don't Have to be in Who's Who to Know What's What (1979). Levenson appeared frequently in the "Borscht Belt" hotels of the Catskill Mountains. He and his family were guests at Arthur Stone's bungalow each summer from the 1950s until the 1960s and frequently out on Arthur's 1947 Chris Craft, King Arthur. Arthur was married to Sam's cousin, Judy. Their daughter, Maura Stone, late in life changed careers from international banking to acclaimed author due to her first novel, the award-winning critically acclaimed Five-Star FLEECING, whose tone and humor mirrors Sam's trademark comedy.
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