Irwin Edman Quotes & Sayings

Political success in Athens seemed to depend on having a party, and there seemed now to be no party with whom an honorable man could connect himself. — Irwin Edman

Sophistication demands honesty; it does not require ill temper. — Irwin Edman

God may still be in His Heaven, but there is more than sufficient evidence that all is not right with the world. — Irwin Edman

The best test of the quality of a civilization is the quality of its leisure. — Irwin Edman

By the year 1982 the graduated income tax will have practically
abolished major differences in wealth. — Irwin Edman

Life is always at some turning point. — Irwin Edman

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

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

The outlook for our country lies in the quality of its idleness. — 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

The standardized American is largely a myth created not least by Americans themselves. — Irwin Edman

The discovery that the universe has no purpose need not prevent a human
being from having one. — Irwin Edman

To the modern spirit, disillusioned, or at least unillusioned, the great evil to be avoided is sentimentality. — Irwin Edman