Famous Sinclair Lewis Quotes

  • And though he had almost flunked in Greek, his thesis on ‘Sixteen Ways of Paying a Church Debt’ had won the ten-dollar prize in Practical Theology. – Sinclair Lewis

    And though he had almost flunked in Greek, his thesis on ‘Sixteen Ways of Paying a Church Debt’ had won the ten-dollar prize in Practical Theology.– Sinclair Lewis

  • NOW is a fact that cannot be dodged. – Sinclair Lewis

    NOW is a fact that cannot be dodged.– Sinclair Lewis

  • So much in a revolution is nothing but waiting. – Sinclair Lewis

    So much in a revolution is nothing but waiting.– Sinclair Lewis

  • Whatever the misery, he could not regain contentment with a world which, once doubted, became absurd. – Sinclair Lewis

    Whatever the misery, he could not regain contentment with a world which, once doubted, became absurd.– Sinclair Lewis

  • You’re so earnest about morality that I hate to think how essentially immoral you must be underneath. – Sinclair Lewis

    You’re so earnest about morality that I hate to think how essentially immoral you must be underneath.– Sinclair Lewis

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

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

  • It is one of the major tragedies that nothing is more discomforting than the hearty affection of the Old Friends who never were friends. – Sinclair Lewis

    It is one of the major tragedies that nothing is more discomforting than the hearty affection of the Old Friends who never were friends.– Sinclair Lewis

  • Oh, quit it! You’re the possessor of a beautiful wife, a beautiful gas-stove, and you were going to forget all this race-hysteria. – Sinclair Lewis

    Oh, quit it! You’re the possessor of a beautiful wife, a beautiful gas-stove, and you were going to forget all this race-hysteria.– Sinclair Lewis

  • The fact that none of these civic worriers had ever heard of such a case was unimportant, because they all had heard of somebody who had heard of it! – Sinclair Lewis

    The fact that none of these civic worriers had ever heard of such a case was unimportant, because they all had heard of somebody who had heard of it!– Sinclair Lewis

  • Well, if that’s what you call being at peace, for heaven’s sake just warn me before you go to war, will you? – Sinclair Lewis

    Well, if that’s what you call being at peace, for heaven’s sake just warn me before you go to war, will you?– Sinclair Lewis