Sinclair Lewis Quotes

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.

Sinclair Lewis

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 7, 1885 - January 10, 1951

Topics

NothingLittleHalfSeenSomething

My aunt played upright bass in the Louisville Orchestra, and I was always really impressed by her musical ability. I found it really fascinating as a kid that one could play music for a living.

Jim James

MusicPlayLivingKidAbilityAunt

Somehow, we have come to the erroneous belief that we are all but flesh, blood, and bones, and that's all. So we direct our values to material things.

Maya Angelou

ValuesMaterial ThingsBloodBelief

There's always somebody you can call and go have lunch with and just talk out an idea. And it's great, because I need that. It's part of my writing process, to early on sit people down and say, 'Alright, this film I'm working on...' and I tell them everything I have.

Jeff Nichols

GreatPeopleLunchWritingProcess

People confuse ego, lust, insecurity with true love.

Simon Cowell

LoveTrue LovePeopleInsecurityEgo

People of my generation did not like very much to tell what we lived through during the Khmer Rouge regime.

Rithy Panh

PeopleGenerationThroughTellLived

I love 'Bullets Over Broadway,' but I'm pretty sure Woody Allen hasn't killed somebody.

Mike Birbiglia

LoveOverPrettySureBulletsWoody

I have a good collection of cookery books. This is not so much because I like cooking, but because I like eating.

Louise Brown

GoodCookingEatingBecauseBooks

Go to where the ducks are. Forget the duck calls. If you go where the ducks are coming, you're going to shoot more ducks.

Jase Robertson

DuckYouGoForgetMoreComing

I expect the audience to come up to my level. I am not interested in compromising my music to make it palatable to an assumed sub-standard mass.

Don Ellis

MusicI AmAudienceUpExpectLevel

I spent several years cooking on a line.

Jose Garces

CookingYearsLineSpentSeveral

I was always good at music.

Boy George

GoodMusicAlways

I have this fascination with being on the road, all things music, and the '70s. My favorite movie is 'Almost Famous.'

Brittany Snow

MusicRoadFamousThingsBeing

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