Irwin Edman Born : 1896 Died : September 4, 1954 Browse All Authors Top 14 quotes by Irwin Edman Life is always at some turning point. Irwin Edman change life-is moving It is a myth, not a mandate, a fable not a logic, a symbol rather than reason by which men are moved. Irwin Edman communication business men The discovery that the universe has no purpose need not prevent a human Irwin Edman purpose discovery needs The best test of the quality of a civilization is the quality of its leisure. Irwin Edman quality work civilization Many of our newly smart would rather be found murdering their children than being kind to their parents. They would prefer to be damned for rudeness than to be snickered at for courtesy. Irwin Edman smart parent children Sophistication demands honesty; it does not require ill temper. Irwin Edman demand honesty doe To the modern spirit, disillusioned, or at least unillusioned, the great evil to be avoided is sentimentality. Irwin Edman modern spirit evil God may still be in His Heaven, but there is more than sufficient evidence that all is not right with the world. Irwin Edman may heaven world The standardized American is largely a myth created not least by Americans themselves. Irwin Edman myth inspirational The outlook for our country lies in the quality of its idleness. Irwin Edman quality country lying By the year 1982 the graduated income tax will have practically Irwin Edman income differences years The contemporary hero, the mythical pattern in the imitation of whom we would live, remains as yet undefined. We have no hero; what is more to the point, we suspect hero worship. Irwin Edman patterns worship hero Education is the process of casting false pearls before real swine. Irwin Edman It is a myth, not a mandate, a fable not a logic, and symbol rather than a reason by which men are moved. Irwin Edman myth logic reason men
