Author: Sinclair Lewis

Quotes

There are two insults no human being will endure: that he has no sense of humor, and that he has never known trouble.

There are two insults no human being will endure: that he has no sense of humor, and that he has never known trouble.

- Sinclair Lewis

Pugnacity is a form of courage, but a very bad form.

Pugnacity is a form of courage, but a very bad form.

- Sinclair Lewis

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.

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.

- Sinclair Lewis

Damn the great executives, the men of measured merriment, damn the men with careful smiles oh, damn their measured merriment.

Damn the great executives, the men of measured merriment, damn the men with careful smiles oh, damn their measured merriment.

- Sinclair Lewis

Winter is not a season, it's an occupation.

Winter is not a season, it's an occupation.

- Sinclair Lewis

Whatever poet, orator or sage may say of it, old age is still old age.

Whatever poet, orator or sage may say of it, old age is still old age.

- Sinclair Lewis

Intellectually I know that America is no better than any other country; emotionally I know she is better than every other country.

Intellectually I know that America is no better than any other country; emotionally I know she is better than every other country.

- Sinclair Lewis

What is love? It is the morning and the evening star.

What is love? It is the morning and the evening star.

- Sinclair Lewis

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