Sinclair Lewis
Sinclair Lewis (February 7, 1885 January 10, 1951) was an American novelist and playwright. In 1930 he became the first American to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. His works are known for their insightful and critical views of American society and capitalist values. His style is at times droll, satirical, yet sympathetic.
11 Quotes
Advertising is a valuable economic factor because it is the cheapest way of selling goods, particularly if the goods are worthless.
— Sinclair Lewis
The trouble with this country is that there are too many people going about saying, The trouble with this country is...
— Sinclair Lewis
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.
— Sinclair Lewis
Pugnacity is a form of courage, but a very bad form.
— Sinclair Lewis
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.
— Sinclair Lewis
Our American professors like their literature clear and cold and pure and very dead.
— Sinclair Lewis
What is love? It is the morning and the evening star.
— Sinclair Lewis
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.
— Sinclair Lewis
Intellectually I know that America is no better than any other country; emotionally I know she is better than every other country.
— Sinclair Lewis
Intellectually I know America is no better than any other country; emotionally I know she is better than every other country.
— Sinclair Lewis
When Fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross.
— Sinclair Lewis