Irving Babbitt Quotes

To say that most of us today are purely expansive is only another way of saying that most of us continue to be more concerned with the quantity than with the quality of our democracy.

Irving Babbitt

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: critic
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 2, 1865 - July 15, 1933

Topics

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People's imagination is the most effective tool in creating terror or dread.

Matt Reeves

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My biggest challenge for myself is to be the best father I can be and be the best husband I can be.

Sonny Bill Williams

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In 1790 we had less than eight hundred thousand slaves. Under our mild and humane administration of the system they have increased above four millions.

Robert Toombs

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It is not women's liberation, it is women's and men's liberation.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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I'm a Rasta man, and I can't have a piece of land that isn't something I want to eat from.

Rohan Marley

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Golf is a very, very frustrating game.

Jason Day

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The best role is something that's challenging. Fun is great, but when it's challenging, you get to overcome barriers, and when you see the finished product, it's very rewarding.

Jordan Masterson

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The more one reads poetry, the less tolerant one becomes of any sort of verbosity, be that in political or philosophical discourse, be that in history, social studies or the art of fiction.

Joseph Brodsky

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The toughest thing for me is doing on-camera stuff as a comedian.

Donna Lynne Champlin

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No matter what you do for a living all we have is music to get through certain situations.

Deana Carter

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You make a film to distract people, to interest them, perhaps to make them think, perhaps to help them be a little less naive, a little better than they were.

Claude Chabrol

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Quentin Tarantino asked me to work with him but there is no way I am going to do that while Matthew Vaughn is working in film.

Claudia Schiffer

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