Every man is a king so long as he has someone to look down on.
SINCLAIR LEWISDamn the great executives, the men of measured merriment, damn the men with careful smiles, damn the men that run the shops, oh, damn their measured merriment.
More Sinclair Lewis Quotes
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I have faith in Faith, I have reverence for all true Reverence.
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I love America, but I don’t like it.
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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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Cure the evils of Democracy by the evils of Fascism! Funny therapeutics!
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We have the plans for a Utopia already made; just wiser than you.’ For ten thousand years they’ve said that. We want our Utopia now — and we’re going to try our hands at it.
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Writers kid themselves-about themselves and other people. Take the talk about writing methods.
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Intellectually I know that America is no better than any other country.
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Winter is not a season, it’s an occupation.
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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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When facism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the American flag.
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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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With your great experience, don’t you honest, cross-your-heart, think that perhaps-just maybe-when a country has gone money-mad, like all our labor unions and workmen, with their propaganda to hoist income taxes.
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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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We’re tired of hearing politicians and priests and cautious reformers… coax us, ‘Be calm! Be patient! Wait!
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Love is the one thing that can really sure-enough lighten all of life’s dark clouds.
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