Quotes by Irving Babbitt about Americans

3 quotes by Irving Babbitt about americans

Irving Babbitt American Critic

An American of the present day reading his Sunday newspaper in a state of lazy collapse is one of the most perfect symbols of the triumph of quantity over quality that the world has yet seen.

Quote by Irving Babbitt about americans

If quantitatively the American achievement is impressive, ...

If quantitatively the American achievement is impressive, qualitatively it is somewhat less satisfying.

Quote by Irving Babbitt about americans

One of our federal judges said, not long ago, that what...

One of our federal judges said, not long ago, that what the American people need is ten per cent of thought and ninety per cent of action.

Quote by Irving Babbitt about americans

Last quotes

Literary temponaut from the rebellious worlds of man, I... (Dumitru Găleşanu)

The mist has been removed from my eyes, under the icon of... (Dumitru Găleşanu)

There was a time when everything you said to me turned... (Dumitru Găleşanu)

The photon will have remained for me - as best suits a... (Dumitru Găleşanu)

Top quotes

Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the... (William Blake)

Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is... (Henry Ford)

Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the... (Robert Louis Stevenson)

Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better. (Samuel Beckett)

Random quotes

Great was the name of Abraham, but all his Sons were not... (John Pearson)

As soon as the child is in the car and the car has left... (Edward A. Murphy)

My greatest trouble is getting the curtain up and down. (Thomas Stearns Eliot)

Giving is true having. (Charles Haddon Spurgeon)

Authors

Famous quotes

Folklore