Quotes by Sinclair Lewis

Sinclair Lewis

Sinclair Lewis

American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright

Lived from: 1885 - 1951

Category: Writers (Contemporary) Country: FlagUnited States

Born: 7 february 1885 Died: 10 january 1951

  • In other countries, art and literature are left to a lot of shabby bums living in attics and feeding on booze and spaghetti, but in America the successful writer or picture-painter is indistinguishable from any other decent businessman.
  • There are two insults no human will endure. The assertion that he has no sense of humor and the doubly impertinent assertion that he has never known trouble.
  • 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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  • 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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  • Damn 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.
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  • In America most of us are still afraid of any literature which is not a glorification of everything American, a glorification of our faults as well as our virtues.
    Lezing bij aanvaarden Nobelprijs 12-12-1930
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  • In other countries, art and literature are left to a lot of shabby bums living in attics and feeding on booze and spaghetti, but in America the successful writer or picture-painter is indistinguishable from any other decent businessman.
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  • Intellectually I know that America is no better than any other country; emotionally I know she is better than every other country.
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  • Our American professors like their literature clear and cold and pure and very dead.
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  • Pugnacity is a form of courage, but a very bad form.
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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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  • There are two insults no human will endure. The assertion that he has no sense of humor and the doubly impertinent assertion that he has never known trouble.
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  • What is love? It is the morning and the evening star.
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What are the most famous quotes from Sinclair Lewis?

The two most famous quotes from Sinclair Lewis are:

  • "Advertising is a valuable economic factor because it is the cheapest way of selling goods, particularly if the goods are worthless."
  • "Damn 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."

When did Sinclair Lewis live?

Sinclair Lewis was born in 1885 and died in the year 1951.