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Edmund Wilson was an influential American writer, critic, and literary historian. His insightful essays and reviews shaped 20th-century American literary criticism. He championed both established and emerging authors, significantly impacting literary culture. Here are 52 of his quotes:

Home, nowadays, is a place where part of the family waits till the rest of the family brings the car back. (Edmund Wilson)
The fastest way for a politician to become an elder statesman is to lose an election. View quote
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To sell something, tell a woman it's a bargain; tell a man it's deductible. View quote
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Isn't it a shame that future generations can't be here to see all the wonderful things we're doing with their money? View quote
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An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn't happen. View quote
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A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. View quote
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Middle Age - later than you think and sooner than you expect. View quote
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Today's accent may be on youth, but the stress is still on the parents. View quote
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He was so honest you could play craps with him over the phone. View quote
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Poise: the ability to be ill at ease inconspicuously. View quote
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Somebody figured it out we have 35 million laws trying to enforce Ten Commandments. (Edmund Wilson)
The man who didn't want his wife to work has been succeeded by the man who asks about her chances of getting a raise. View quote
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His style has the desperate jauntiness of an orchestra fiddling away for dear life on a sinking ship. View quote
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All Hollywood corrupts; and absolute Hollywood corrupts absolutely. View quote
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The product of the scientific imagination is a new vision of relations - like that of artistic imagination. View quote
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An exhaustive study of police records shows that no woman has ever shot her husband while he was doing the dishes. View quote
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Modern man drives a mortgaged car over a bond-financed highway on credit-card gas. View quote
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A bachelor is a guy who leans toward women but not far enough to lose his balance. View quote
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Benjamin Franklin may have discovered electricity, but it was the man who invented the meter who made the money. View quote
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Nothing is as embarrassing as watching your boss do something you assured him couldn't be done. View quote
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Many a standing ovation has been caused by someone jumping to his feet in an effort to beat the rest of the audience to the parking lot. (Edmund Wilson)
Experience is what enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again. View quote
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Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death. View quote
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Women's liberation will not be achieved until a woman can become paunchy and bald and still think that she's attractive to the opposite sex. View quote
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No horse can go as fast as the money you put on it. View quote
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Occupation: American Writer
Born: May 8, 1895
Died: June 12, 1972
Quotes count: 52
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