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.
SINCLAIR LEWISSo that the thrifty and industrious have to pay for the shiftless ne’er-do-weels, then maybe, to save their lazy souls and get some iron into them, a war might be a good thing? Come on, now, tell your real middle name, Mong General!
More Sinclair Lewis Quotes
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When fascism comes to the United States it will be wrapped in the American flag and will claim the name of 100-percent Americanism
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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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I think perhaps we want a more conscious life. We’re tired of drudging and sleeping and dying.
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Writers have a rare power not given to anyone else: we can bore people long after we are dead.
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God has never done much but creep around and try to catch us disobeying it.
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Fascism will come to America wrapped in a flag.
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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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The game (baseball)was a custom of his clan, and it gave outlet for the homicidal and sides-taking instincts which Babbitt called “patriotism” and “love of sport.”
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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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We’re tired of hearing politicians and priests and cautious reformers… coax us, ‘Be calm! Be patient! Wait!
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Except for half a dozen in each town the citizens are proud of that achievement of ignorance which is so easy to come by.
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The middle class, that prisoner of the barbarian 20th century.
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I love America, but I don’t like it.
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Winter is not a season in the North Middlewest; it is an industry.
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She did her work with the thoroughness of a mind which reveres details and never quite understands them.
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