Demand Quote by Irwin Edman Download Open image “Sophistication demands honesty; it does not require ill temper.” — Irwin Edman ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.5 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Demand Doe Honesty Ill Sophistication Temper
Of ill-temper there are three kinds: irascibility, bitterness, sullenness. It belongs to the ill-tempered man to be unable to bear either small slights or… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The romantic temper, so often and so grievously misinterpreted and not more by others than by its own, is an insecure, unsatisfied, and impatient… — James Joyce Copy Share Image
When you are warm-hearted, there is no room for anger, jealousy or insecurity. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Temper is what gets most of us into trouble. Pride is what keeps us there. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Fretfulness of temper will generally characterize those who are negligent of order. — Hugh Blair Copy Share Image
'Tis certain that a serious attention to the sciences and liberal arts softens and humanizes the temper, and cherishes those fine emotions in which… — David Hume Copy Share Image
Something of the hermit's temper is an essential element in many forms of excellence, since it enables men to resist the lure of popularity,… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
An honest, sincerely stated compliment helps to build character; criticism destroys it. — Nathan Eldon Tanner Copy Share Image
“But does psychological sophistication override a sense that some actions are just plain bad? How much of human behaviour, in the end, can one… — Helen Garner Copy Share Image
Many of our newly smart would rather be found murdering their children than being kind to their parents. They would prefer to be damned… — Irwin Edman Copy Share Image
The standardized American is largely a myth created not least by Americans themselves. — Irwin Edman Copy Share Image
To the modern spirit, disillusioned, or at least unillusioned, the great evil to be avoided is sentimentality. — Irwin Edman Copy Share Image
By the year 1982 the graduated income tax will have practically abolished major differences in wealth. — Irwin Edman Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
God may still be in His Heaven, but there is more than sufficient evidence that all is not right with the world. — Irwin Edman Copy Share Image
The best test of the quality of a civilization is the quality of its leisure. — Irwin Edman Copy Share Image
“Political success in Athens seemed to depend on having a party, and there seemed now to be no party with whom an honorable man… — Irwin Edman Copy Share Image
The discovery that the universe has no purpose need not prevent a human being from having one. — Irwin Edman Copy Share Image
Our times demand the declaration of the world's resources as the common heritage of all people. — Jacque Fresco Copy Share Image
Parents who are stressed or disturbed will have more difficulty in meeting their children's needs. Parents who have little support--from friends, relatives, neighbors, or… — Sheila Kamerman Copy Share Image
If a person does not listen to the demands of their own spiritual and heart life and insists on a certain program, you're going… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
Empires fall, ids explode, great symphonies are written, and behind all of it is a single instinct that demands satisfaction. — Sherwin B. Nuland Copy Share Image
My dogs can't do anything--and what a relief. I don't make any demands of them, and I don't try to shape them or their… — Amy Chua Copy Share Image
The trouble is. . .that everybody sneers at restrictions and demands freedom, till something annoying happens; then they demand angrily what has become of… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
You be greater than your feelings. I don't demand this of you - life does. Otherwise you'll be washed away by feelings. You'll be… — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
Christianity does not oppose debauchery and uncontrollable passions and the like as much as it opposes... flat mediocrity, this nauseating atmosphere, this homey, civil… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
It is an interesting law of romance that a truly strong woman will choose a strong man who disagrees with her over a weak… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
If our faith in God is not the veriest sham, it demands, and will produce, the abandonment sometimes, the subordination always, of external helps… — Alexander MacLaren Copy Share Image
There was no mistake in us making abortion legal and available on demand. That was what we call progress. Just like it was no… — Mark Ruffalo Copy Share Image
