#mo

The humanitarian lays stress almost solely upon breadth of knowledge and sympathy. ↗

— Irving Babbitt

#breadth #humanitarian #knowledge #lays #solely

If a man went simply by what he saw, he might be tempted to affirm that the essence of democracy is melodrama. ↗

— Irving Babbitt

#democracy #essence #man #melodrama #might

The democratic idealist is prone to make light of the whole question of standards and leadership because of his unbounded faith in the plain people. ↗

— Irving Babbitt

#democratic #faith #his #idealist #leadership

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

#another way #concerned #continue #democracy #expansive

Property may be destroyed and money may lose its purchasing power; but, character, health, knowledge and good judgement will always be in demand under all conditions. ↗

— Roger Babson

#character #conditions #demand #destroyed #good

I called my business manager in California and said, 'Sell all of my stock' - what little of it I had - and it's the only smart financial move I ever made. ↗

— Lauren Bacall

#california #called #ever #financial #had

They're guys who want to screw around all the time, which interests me not at all. God knows we've done that, been there, and we don't want to do that any more. ↗

— Lauren Bacall

#around #been #done #god #guys

The simplest questions are the most profound. Where were you born? Where is your home? Where are you going? What are you doing? Think about these once in a while and watch your answers change. ↗

— Richard Bach

#answers #born #change #doing #going

I'm sorry? No more smooches is worse than the world ending? ↗

— Derek Landy

#humor #skulduggery-pleasant #valkyrie-cain #death

A lot of people when they try to sing Skid Row songs, they're screaming and yelling too much. It's more singing than screaming. ↗

— Sebastian Bach

#more #much #people #row #screaming