Quotes by Lewis, Sinclair

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

Lewis, Sinclair on advertising   

"The trouble with this country is that there are too many people going about saying, The trouble with this country is..."

Lewis, Sinclair on america
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"Our American professors like their literature clear and cold and pure and very dead."

Lewis, Sinclair on literature   

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

Lewis, Sinclair on love
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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."

Lewis, Sinclair on management   

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

Lewis, Sinclair on patriotism   

"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."

Lewis, Sinclair on art   

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

Lewis, Sinclair on courage   

"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."

Lewis, Sinclair on criticism
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"Intellectually I know America is no better than any other country; emotionally I know she is better than every other country. "

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"When Fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross."

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