"Act strenuously, would appear to be our faith, and right thinking will take care of itself."

--

Source : Irving Babbitt (1908). “Literature and the American college: essays in defense of the humanities”

Irving Babbitt

#Thinking Quotes #Care Quotes #Take Care Quotes

“Hate can only exist where people refuse to speak out against it.”
“I want to come across as a positive person.”
“One of the first jobs I ever had was opening clams in a seafood restaurant, so I'm pretty quick at it.”
“The first person to make me realize there was someone behind the film was Steven Spielberg.”
“In the '80s, I thought I'd be a success as a woman if I were the president of a billion dollar company, had a sensitive soul-mate husband, two bilingual children, buns of steels, and a compost heap. In the '90s, I pretty much feel I'm a success if I can get through the afternoon without eating a cheesecake.”
“Parents who do not persevere in rearing their children according to their own convictions are not leaving them 'free' to develop on their own. Instead, they are letting other children and the media, principally television and the movies, do the job.”
“When I'm shooting, really the audience I'm thinking the hardest about is that first test screening audience who I want to like the film and that first opening weekend audience.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I sit at home and read books. I watch movies. I watch television. I go and play golf. I don't go to nightclubs. I don't go out to dinner that often. I'm not a big party guy.”

You may also like:

Allen Tate
Poet
Andrew Sarris
Film critic
Benedetto Croce
Philosopher
Christopher Dawson
Historian
John Crowe Ransom
Critic
Paul Elmer More
Journalist
Peter Viereck
Poet
Russell Kirk
Historian
Van Wyck Brooks
Literary critic