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.
SINCLAIR LEWISIt might be the doing of Satan, in whom Aaron anxiously believed with all of his being except, perhaps, his mind.
More Sinclair Lewis Quotes
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It has not yet been recorded that any human being has gained a very large or permanent contentment from meditation upon the fact that he is better off than others.
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NOW is a fact that cannot be dodged.
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I am convinced that everything that is worth while in the world has been accomplished by the free, inquiring, critical spirit, and that the preservation of this spirit is more important than any social system whatsoever.
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If travel were so inspiring and informing a business … then the wisest men in the world would be deck hands on tramp steamers.
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To be ‘intellectual’ or ‘artistic’ or, in their own word, to be ‘highbrow,’ is to be priggish and of dubious virtue.
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We’re tired of seeing just a few people able to be individualists. We’re tired of always deferring hope till the next generation.
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Pugnacity is a form of courage, but a very bad form.
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Intellectually I know that America is no better than any other country.
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My chief objection is that 99% of sermons and Sunday School teachings are so agonizingly dull.
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You,” Said Dr. Yavitch, “are a middle-road liberal, and you haven’t the slightest idea what you want.
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So much in a revolution is nothing but waiting.
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The trouble with this country is that there are too many people going about saying, “The trouble with this country is….”
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Writing is just work-there’s no secret. If you dictate or use a pen or type with your toes-it is just work.
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I have faith in Faith, I have reverence for all true Reverence.
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His name was George F. Babbitt, and . . . he was nimble in the calling of selling houses for more than people could afford to pay.
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