Sinclair Lewis Quotes

Every compulsion is put upon writers to become safe, polite, obedient, and sterile.

Sinclair Lewis

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

BecomeSafeEverySterileCompulsion

I have no problem with cheating. Whatever you can get away with.

Joe Torre

CheatingProblemYouWhateverGet

Punk was originally about creating new, important, energetic music that would hopefully threaten the status quo and the stupidity of the 1970s.

Jello Biafra

MusicStupidityCreatingNewPunk

I like very, very dramatic eyeliner: I take it all the way out to my eyebrows.

Andra Day

WayOutEyebrowsDramaticTakeLike

I do not really write for children: I write only for me and for the few people I hope to please, and I write for the story.

Sonya Hartnett

HopeChildrenPeopleMeStoryWrite

Being around the young people makes me feel younger, like I'm 25 again.

Shinsuke Nakamura

PeopleMeFeelYoungYoung People

Everybody's out to get something from somebody. 'Gold diggers' doesn't just mean money, it can mean time, it can mean feelings. It can mean anything when you're taking and not giving. When people don't know how to reciprocate.

Tracy Morgan

TimeMoneyPeopleGoldGivingYou

I don't have to save rock. I don't even like rock that much.

Trent Reznor

RockLikeEvenSaveMuch

I just want to tailgate, drink beer, and hang out in the middle of nowhere in a pick-up truck. That's my ideal date.

Ronda Rousey

BeerTruckWantDrinkOutMiddle

Bury your mistakes.

Rupert Murdoch

MistakesYourBury

When Gates was active in business, he was the smartest - so focused that no company could surpass Microsoft.

Masayoshi Son

BusinessFocusedCompanyActiveHe

Liberals don't think parents can be left to their own devices when it comes to raising our children.

Mike Gallagher

ChildrenParentsThinkOwnLeftOur

I think that the ideal space must contain elements of magic, serenity, sorcery and mystery.

Luis Barragan

SpaceThinkSerenityMagicMystery

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