Facts about Sinclair Lewis

Occup.Novelist
FromUSA
BornFebruary 7, 1885
DiedJanuary 10, 1951
Aged65 years

Summary

Sinclair Lewis was a famous Novelist from USA, who lived between February 7, 1885 and January 10, 1951. He/she became 65 years old.

Zodiac:
He/she is born under the zodiac aquarius, who is known for Knowledge, Humanitarian, Serious, Insightful, Duplicitous. Our collection contains 15 quotes who is written / told by Sinclair, under the main topic Age.

Related authors: Edith Wharton (Author), Carl Clinton Van Doren (Critic)

15 Famous quotes by Sinclair Lewis

Small: Intellectually I know that America is no better than any other country emotionally I know she is better
"Intellectually I know that America is no better than any other country; emotionally I know she is better than every other country"
Small: Damn the great executives, the men of measured merriment, damn the men with careful smiles oh, damn the
"Damn the great executives, the men of measured merriment, damn the men with careful smiles oh, damn their measured merriment"
Small: When audiences come to see us authors lecture, it is largely in the hope that well be funnier to look a
"When audiences come to see us authors lecture, it is largely in the hope that we'll be funnier to look at than to read"
Small: There are two insults no human being will endure: that he has no sense of humor, and that he has never
"There are two insults no human being will endure: that he has no sense of humor, and that he has never known trouble"
Small: What is love? It is the morning and the evening star
"What is love? It is the morning and the evening star"
Small: Advertising is a valuable economic factor because it is the cheapest way of selling goods, particularly
"Advertising is a valuable economic factor because it is the cheapest way of selling goods, particularly if the goods are worthless"
Small: Whatever poet, orator or sage may say of it, old age is still old age
"Whatever poet, orator or sage may say of it, old age is still old age"
Small: The middle class, that prisoner of the barbarian 20th century
"The middle class, that prisoner of the barbarian 20th century"
Small: Winter is not a season, its an occupation
"Winter is not a season, it's an occupation"
Small: Our American professors like their literature clear and cold and pure and very dead
"Our American professors like their literature clear and cold and pure and very dead"
Small: Every compulsion is put upon writers to become safe, polite, obedient, and sterile
"Every compulsion is put upon writers to become safe, polite, obedient, and sterile"
Small: When facism comes to America it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross
"When facism comes to America it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross"
Small: Pugnacity is a form of courage, but a very bad form
"Pugnacity is a form of courage, but a very bad form"
Small: People will buy anything that is one to a customer.
"People will buy anything that is 'one to a customer.'"
Small: He who has seen one cathedral ten times has seen something he who has seen ten cathedrals once has seen
"He who has seen one cathedral ten times has seen something; he who has seen ten cathedrals once has seen but little; and he who has spent half an hour in each of a hundred cathedrals has seen nothing at all"