Since every man desires happiness, it is evidently no small matter whether he conceives of happiness in terms of work or of enjoyment. – Irving Babbitt
The humanitarian lays stress almost solely upon breadth of knowledge and sympathy. – Irving Babbitt
We must not, however, be like the leaders of the great romantic revolt who, in their eagerness to get rid of the husk of convention, disregarded also the humane aspiration. – Irving Babbitt
The true humanist maintains a just balance between sympathy and selection. – Irving Babbitt
My biography of Frank Sinatra is not paean to his music but rather an illumination of the man behind the music, who once described himself as an 18-karat manic-depressive who lived a life of violent emotional contradictions with an over-acute capacity for sadness as well as happiness. – Kitty Kelley