Sinclair Lewis
» Advertising » “Advertising is a valuable economic factor because it is the cheapest way of selling goods, particularly if the goods are worthless.”
» America » “The trouble with this country is that there are too many people going about saying, ”The trouble with this country is…””
» Arts and Artists » “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.”
» Courage » “Pugnacity is a form of courage, but a very bad form.”
» Critics and Criticism » “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.”
» Literature » “Our American professors like their literature clear and cold and pure and very dead.”
» Love » “What is love? It is the morning and the evening star.”
» Management » “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.”
» Patriotism » “Intellectually I know that America is no better than any other country; emotionally I know she is better than every other country.”
