Sinclair Lewis Quotes

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.

Sinclair Lewis

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

HopeLookSeeUsComeThan

I never went to drama school.

Matthew Lewis

SchoolDramaNeverDrama School

I'm not one of these guys who says, Now I'm on a really hot show, better quit soon before I get labeled. That's the most ridiculous notion I'd ever heard.

Jeff Probst

BetterNowRidiculousQuitHotGet

I grew up as an only child.

Mitchell Baker

ChildUpOnly ChildOnlyGrew

And they do those jobs not because they want to take away anything from America, but because they want to give their skills, their sweat, their labor, for a better life and to help build a better America, just as those who came before them.

Luis Gutierrez

LifeBetterAmericaHelpLaborWant

Kevin McCarthy is a good man.

Jason Chaffetz

GoodManGood ManA Good ManKevin

Others go to bed with their mistresses; I with my ideas.

Jose Marti

IdeasBedGoOthersMistresses

I find myself unable to let go of the sense that human beings are somehow special, and that moment-to-moment human experience contains a certain unquantifiable essence. I still suspect there is something too quirky, too paradoxical, or too interpersonal to be imitated or re-created by machine life.

Douglas Rushkoff

LifeMyselfExperienceFindGo

To be one of the world's top space robotic arm operators is a necessary skill for an astronaut, but it doesn't have much carry-over.

Chris Hadfield

SpaceWorldSkillTopNecessaryArm

Yoga has helped me to see death as more of a gift than a loss, and that has been my experience so far.

Christy Turlington

ExperienceDeathMeGiftLossSee

It's clear that we need comprehensive immigration reform.

Bob Inglis

ImmigrationNeedReformClear

If the person needs avocados, then I'm not going to deny them avocados because some troll decided I use avocados too much.

Antoni Porowski

Too MuchPersonGoingBecauseNeeds

Mango has always been on my radar of good high street brands, but its quality sets it apart for me.

Poppy Delevingne

GoodQualityMeStreetAlwaysHigh

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