"It is a myth, not a mandate, a fable not a logic, and symbol rather than a reason by which men are moved."

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Source : "The world, the arts and the artist".

Irwin Edman

#Business Quotes #Men Quotes #Fables Quotes

“Pity is not enough better than indifference to benefit materially either agent or recipient.”
“If you are not moving closer to what you want in sales (or in life), you probably aren't doing enough asking.”
“The greatest crime since World War II has been U.S. foreign policy.”
“Sentiment, crystallized, grows into sentimentality. It lost all spontaneity, which was the essence of feeling. It was dated--old-fashioned.”
“I uprooted my life from Australia and came over to America with the idea of pursuing my acting career. I wasn't really sure where I would end up. I threw caution to the wind.”
“I have not been able to find a single useful institution which has not been founded either by an intensely religious man or by the son of a praying father or a praying mother. I have made the statement before the chambers of commerce of all the largest cities of the country and have asked them to bring forward a case that is an exception to this rule. Thus far, I have not heard of a single one.”
“Let ... individuals make the most of what God has given them, have their neighbors do the same, and then do all they can to serve each other. There is no use in one man, or one nation, to try to do or be everything. It is a good thing to be dependent on each other for something, it makes us civil and peaceable.”
“Happiness is present time, it has nothing to do with the future.”

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