Paris is one of the largest, and certainly it is the pleasantest, of modern American cities.
SINCLAIR LEWISParis is one of the largest, and certainly it is the pleasantest, of modern American cities.
More Sinclair Lewis Quotes
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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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There are so many people in the world who are eager to do for you things that you do not wish done, provided only that you will do for them things that you don’t wish to do.
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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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What is Love? Listen! It is the rainbow that stands out, in all its glorious many-colored hues.
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NOW is a fact that cannot be dodged.
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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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If there is anything worse than the aching tedium of staring out of car windows.
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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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The one thing that can be more disconcerting than intelligent hatred is demanding love.
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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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When audiences come to see us authors lecture, it is largely in the hope that we’ll be funnier to look at than to read.
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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.
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I, being a revolutionist, know exactly what I want — and what I want now is a drink.
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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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I have faith in Faith, I have reverence for all true Reverence.
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