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58 Great Quotes By Sinclair Lewis That Will Keep You Pumped Up

Famous As: Nobel Prize Winner in Literature
Born On: 1885
Died On: 1951
Born In: Sauk Centre
Died At Age: 65
Sinclair Lewis was a distinguished American short-story writer, playwright and novelist who became the first writer from the country to receive Nobel Laureate in Literature. Sinclair was a bit reserved as a child, and books interested him more than people. During his days in high school, his works were published by the ‘Sauk Centre Herald’. In 1902, he completed his high school and moved to ‘Oberlin College’, before attending the ‘Yale University’, where his literary career blossomed. Sinclair moved to Washington DC, in 1910 while writing for the ‘Yale Courant’ and ‘Yale Literary Magazine’, besides working with the ‘Saturday Evening Post’. By 1919, Sinclair penned several books and worked on his most exalted novel, ‘Main Street’. His 1925 novel, ‘Arrow Smith’ won him the ‘Pulitzer Prize’ in 1926. In 1930, Sinclair became the first American to get the ‘Noble Prize For Literature’. In his later years he became an alcohol addict, and died in Rome in 1951. Sinclair set example to people, and continues to be an example through his work, thoughts, writings and books. We bring to you famous quotes and sayings by Sinclair Lewis which have been excerpted from his work and life. Take a look!
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We'd get sick on too many cookies, but ever so much sicker on no cookies at all.

We'd get sick on too many cookies, but ever so much sicker on no cookies at all.

Sinclair Lewis
I think perhaps we want a more conscious life.

I think perhaps we want a more conscious life.

Sinclair Lewis
It is impossible to discourage the real writers - they don't give a damn what you say, they're going to write.

It is impossible to discourage the real writers - they don't give a damn what you say, they're going to write.

Sinclair Lewis
Winter is not a season, it's an occupation.

Winter is not a season, it's an occupation.

Sinclair Lewis
When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross.

When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross.

Sinclair Lewis
The Maker of the universe with stars a hundred thousand light-years apart was interested, furious, and very personal about it if a small boy played baseball on Sunday afternoon.

The Maker of the universe with stars a hundred thousand light-years apart was interested, furious, and very personal about it if a small boy played baseball on Sunday afternoon.

Sinclair Lewis
Every man is a king so long as he has someone to look down on.

Every man is a king so long as he has someone to look down on.

Sinclair Lewis
There are two insults which no human being will endure: The assertion that he hasn't a sense of humor, and the doubly impertinent assertion that he has never known trouble.

There are two insults which no human being will endure: The assertion that he hasn't a sense of humor, and the doubly impertinent assertion that he has never known trouble.

Sinclair Lewis
It isn't what you earn but how spend it that fixes your class.

It isn't what you earn but how spend it that fixes your class.

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.

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
He loved the people just as much as he feared and detested persons.

He loved the people just as much as he feared and detested persons.

Sinclair Lewis
It has not yet been recorded that any human being has gained a very large or permanent contentment from meditation upon the fact that he is better off than others.

It has not yet been recorded that any human being has gained a very large or permanent contentment from meditation upon the fact that he is better off than others.

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

You're so earnest about morality that I hate to think how essentially immoral you must be underneath.

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

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

Sinclair Lewis
You,

You," Said Dr. Yavitch, "are a middle-road liberal, and you haven't the slightest idea what you want. I, being a revolutionist, know exactly what I want -- and what I want now is a drink.

Sinclair Lewis
Sleep with me sleep with my dogs-

Sleep with me sleep with my dogs-

Sinclair Lewis
Thus it came to him merely to run away was folly, because he could never run away from himself.

Thus it came to him merely to run away was folly, because he could never run away from himself.

Sinclair Lewis
She was snatched back from a dream of far countries, and found herself on Main Street.

She was snatched back from a dream of far countries, and found herself on Main Street.

Sinclair Lewis
Thus Carol hit upon the tragedy of old age, which is not that it is less vigorous than youth, but that it is not needed by youth...

Thus Carol hit upon the tragedy of old age, which is not that it is less vigorous than youth, but that it is not needed by youth...

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

So much in a revolution is nothing but waiting.

Sinclair Lewis
If travel were so inspiring and informing a business...then the wisest men in the world would be deck hands on tramp steamers, Pullman porters, and Mormon missionaries.

If travel were so inspiring and informing a business...then the wisest men in the world would be deck hands on tramp steamers, Pullman porters, and Mormon missionaries.

Sinclair Lewis
The greatest mystery about a human being is not his reaction to sex or praise, but the manner in which he contrives to put in twenty-four hours a day.

The greatest mystery about a human being is not his reaction to sex or praise, but the manner in which he contrives to put in twenty-four hours a day.

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?

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
He said brokenly many things beautiful in their common-ness.

He said brokenly many things beautiful in their common-ness.

Sinclair Lewis
If that woman is on the side of the angels, then I have no choice; I must be on the side of the devil.

If that woman is on the side of the angels, then I have no choice; I must be on the side of the devil.

Sinclair Lewis
He had, in fact, got everything from the church and Sunday School, except, perhaps, any longing whatever for decency and kindness and reason

He had, in fact, got everything from the church and Sunday School, except, perhaps, any longing whatever for decency and kindness and reason

Sinclair Lewis
NOW is a fact that cannot be dodged.

NOW is a fact that cannot be dodged.

Sinclair Lewis
Never was a Family more insistent on learning one another’s movements than were the Bunch. All of them volubly knew, or indignantly desired to know, where all the others had been every minute of the week.

Never was a Family more insistent on learning one another’s movements than were the Bunch. All of them volubly knew, or indignantly desired to know, where all the others had been every minute of the week.

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

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

Sinclair Lewis
What are these unheard of sins you condemn so much - and like so well?

What are these unheard of sins you condemn so much - and like so well?

Sinclair Lewis