Sinclair Lewis Quotes

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

Sinclair Lewis

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

AdvertisingSellingWayWorthless

Ah, Scotland. I am three-parts Scottish and terribly proud of it, although maybe we should divide it into eighths, because my two-eighths are Danish and English, the Lumley part. But the bulk of the rest of me is Scottish - and Scottish ministers especially.

Joanna Lumley

I AmMeRestProudEnglishDivide

Diversity is not a politically correct idea. Diversity in a boardroom or in a Parliament means that you just have different minds, different life experience, different ways of thinking about patients or customers or voters so that when you bring that intellect, you look at opportunity and risk, and then you have it in much better balance.

Jenny Shipley

LifeOpportunityExperienceDiversity

I do feel like I'm a tomboy at heart, so I have an easy time working with guys.

Amy Smart

HeartTimeFeelEasyTomboyWorking

I just have to attend someone's birthday party or go out for dinner with someone else for us to be in a relationship. That's not going to stop me from socialising, but tell me, which girl would want to be with a guy who goes to bed early and gives more importance to the gym?

Sidharth Malhotra

BirthdayGirlRelationshipMeDinner

For three years now, our brave men and women in uniform have done everything their country has asked of them, yet President Bush still does not have a plan to win the peace in Iraq and bring our troops home.

Marty Meehan

HomeWomenMenPeaceBraveWin

Santa Fe is a great place which people don't get there often, but it's like a unique place.

Mick Ralphs

GreatPeopleUniquePlaceGetSanta

I think I could handle right tackle. With great coaches, I think I can handle anything.

Michael Oher

GreatThinkI CanRightAnything

Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we most admire.

Christian Nestell Bovee

AdmireMoreReasonFollowersUs

My father was a very unhappy person, very sarcastic, and my mother was very nervous and worried about what people thought. They weren't monsters, but it wasn't a good childhood.

Paula Danziger

GoodFatherMotherChildhoodPeople

Sometimes, it is enough for us to hold out a hand to receive help. It is not we who help; God helps, granting His power to the powerless word.

Nikolai Gogol

GodPowerEnoughHelpSometimesOut

For most of the track world, the Olympic year is such a huge year, and it's a big year for us marathoners too.

Ryan Hall

WorldYearBigTrackUsOlympic

Sci-fi is about 'what if this happened,' and 'what would you do.' You can play around with social dilemmas, or look at society or, in my case, relationships, in a very different way.

Morten Tyldum

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