An it isn’t so much that the church is in bondage to Big Business and doctrines as laid down by millionaires – though a lot of churches are that, too.
SINCLAIR LEWISIndians, of course, have no “theology,” and indeed no word for the system of credulity in which the white priests arrange for God, who must be entirely bewildered by it, a series of excuses for his failures.
More Sinclair Lewis Quotes
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Most of us who work — or want to work — will always have trouble or discontent. So we must learn to be calm, and train all our faculties, and make others happy.
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Sure of itself, it bullies other civilizations, as a traveling salesman in a brown derby conquers the wisdom of China and tacks advertisements of cigarettes over arches for centuries dedicated to the sayings of Confucius.
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The Maker of the universe with stars a hundred thousand light-years apart was interested, furious, and very personal about it if a small boy played baseball on Sunday afternoon.
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On the whole, with scandalous exceptions, Democracy has given the ordinary worker more dignity than he ever had.
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What is Love? Listen! It is the rainbow that stands out, in all its glorious many-colored hues.
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When facism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the American flag.
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Winter is not a season, it’s an occupation.
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I think perhaps we want a more conscious life. We’re tired of drudging and sleeping and dying.
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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 must say I’m not very fond of oratory that’s so full of energy it hasn’t any room for facts.
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You’re so earnest about morality that I hate to think how essentially immoral you must be underneath.
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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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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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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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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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