I must say I’m not very fond of oratory that’s so full of energy it hasn’t any room for facts.
SINCLAIR LEWISA man takes a drink, the drink takes another, and the drink takes the man.
More Sinclair Lewis Quotes
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When facism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the American flag.
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Every compulsion is put upon writers to become safe, polite, obedient, and sterile.
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NOW is a fact that cannot be dodged.
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That nation is proudest and noblest and most exalted which has the greatest number of really great men.
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To live in Carlsbad is seemly and to loaf at San Remo healing to the soul, but to get from Carlsbad to San Remo is of the devil.
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Advertising is a valuable economic factor because it is the cheapest way of selling goods, particularly if the goods are worthless.
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And that the pastor’s sermons, however dull they might seem at the time of taking, yet had a voodooistic power which ‘did a fellow good– kept him in touch with Higher Things.
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I love America, but I don’t like it.
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Under a tyranny, most friends are a liability. One quarter of them turn “reasonable” and become your enemies.
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If there is anything worse than the aching tedium of staring out of car windows.
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A sensational event was changing from the brown suit to the gray the contents of his pockets. He was earnest about these objects. They were of eternal importance, like baseball or the Republican Party.
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It is impossible to discourage the real writers – they don’t give a damn what you say, they’re going to write.
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You have more people that love you than you know.
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There are two insults which no human being will endure: The assertion that he hasn’t a sense of humor, and the doubly impertinent assertion that he has never known trouble.
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Intellectually I know that America is no better than any other country.
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