Sinclair Lewis quotes and words of wisdom

"Whatever poet, orator or sage may say of it, old age is still old age."
Found in the topic Age.

"People will buy anything that is one to a customer."
Found in the topic Buy.

"Pugnacity is a form of courage, but a very bad form."
Found in the topic Courage.

"Advertising is a valuable economic factor because it is the cheapest way of selling goods, especially if the goods are worthless."
Found in the topic Advertising.

"It Can"t Happen Here."
Found in the topic Unsorted.

"Every compulsion is put upon writers to become safe, polite, obedient, and sterile. In protest, I declined election to the National Institute of Arts and Letters some years ago and now I must decline the Pulitzer Prize. He became a member of the National Institute in 1935."
Found in the topic Writing.

"A sensational event was changing from the brown suit to the gray the contents of his pockets. He was earnest about these objects. They were of eternal importance, like baseball or the Republican Party."
Found in the topic Clothes.

"What is love? ... It is the morning and the evening star."
Found in the topic Work.

Interesting Quotes

The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life.Muhammad Ali - US boxer (1942 - )

The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true.Robert Oppenheimer