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.
Irving BabbittRobespierre, however, was not the type of leader finally destined to emerge from the Revolution.
Irving BabbittAccording to the new ethics, virtue is not restrictive but expansive, a sentiment and even an intoxication.
Irving BabbittA man needs to look, not down, but up to standards set so much above his ordinary self as to make him feel that he is himself spiritually the underdog.
Irving Babbitt