"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."

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Source : Irving Babbitt (2005). “On Literature, Cultures, and Religion”, p.110, Transaction Publishers

Irving Babbitt

#Democracy Quotes #Quality Quotes #Today Quotes

“The U.S. has the most complicated and difficult tax system in the world; we've made it hard to file and pay taxes.”
“Our only hope to speak with kindness, to lead with patience, and to not threaten our children with homicide is to ensure our spiritual reserves are not bone-dry. Moms are the middle of the flow chart; the arrows of exertion flow constantly out from us, but when no arrows of strength, grace, and peace are flowing in, the whole mechanism is in danger. Goodness in equals goodness out.”

Source : Jen Hatmaker (2010). “Out of the Spin Cycle: Devotions to Lighten Your Mother Load”, p.36, Baker Books
“All earth-born hopes with time must pass away; prayer grasps eternal things; pray, always pray.”
“Your day is your week is your month is your year.”

Source : Twitter post from Dec 09, 2015
“The writing process is sort of like when you've got no electricity and you've gotten up in the middle of the night to find the bathroom, feeling your way along in the dark. I can't hardly tell you what I do because I really don't know.”
“Men lie the most, women tell the biggest lies.”

Source : "Chris Rock: Bigger & Blacker". TV Special, July 10, 1999.
“Instead he thinks up the worst ending imaginable: Hemingway has Catherine die from hemorrhaging after their child is stillborn. It is the most torturous ending I have ever experienced and probably will ever experience in literature, movies, or even television. I am crying so hard at the end, partly for the characters, yes, but also because Nikki actually teaches this book to children. I cannot imagine why anyone would want to expose impressionable teenagers to such a horrible ending. Why not just tell high school students that their struggle to improve themselves is all for nothing?”
“The meaning of life cannot be told; it has to happen to a person ... To speak as though it were an objective knowledge, like the date of the war of 1812, misses the point altogether.”

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