Everybody knows there is no fineness or accuracy of suppression; if you hold down one thing, you hold down the adjoining.

Quote by Saul Bellow

Topics: Saul Bellow Quotes

Conquered people tend to be witty.

Conquered people tend to be witty.

No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection.

No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection.

Goodness is achieved not in a vacuum, but in the company of other men, attended...

Goodness is achieved not in a vacuum, but in the company of other men, attended...

Everybody needs his memories. They keep the wolf of insignificance from the door.

Everybody needs his memories. They keep the wolf of insignificance from the door.

California is like an artificial limb the rest of the country doesn't really need. You...

California is like an artificial limb the rest of the country doesn't really need. You...

A fool can throw a stone in a pond that 100 wise men can not...

A fool can throw a stone in a pond that 100 wise men can not...

Whoever wants to reach a distant goal must take small steps.

Whoever wants to reach a distant goal must take small steps.

I think that New York is not the cultural centre of America, but the business...

I think that New York is not the cultural centre of America, but the business...

When we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice.

When we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice.

A man is only as good as what he loves

A man is only as good as what he loves

A good novel is worth more then the best scientific study.

A good novel is worth more then the best scientific study.

I think that New York is not the cultural centre of America, but the business...

I think that New York is not the cultural centre of America, but the business...

A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion...

A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion...

Any artist should be grateful for a naive grace which puts him beyond the need...

Any artist should be grateful for a naive grace which puts him beyond the need...

There are evils that have the ability to survive identification and go on for ever......

There are evils that have the ability to survive identification and go on for ever......

What is art but a way of seeing?

What is art but a way of seeing?

As for types like my own, obscurely motivated by the conviction that our existence was...

As for types like my own, obscurely motivated by the conviction that our existence was...

Anything you cannot relinquish when it has outlived its usefulness possesses you, and in this...

Anything you cannot relinquish when it has outlived its usefulness possesses you, and in this...

Always, however brutal an age may actually have been, its style transmits its music only.

Always, however brutal an age may actually have been, its style transmits its music only.

Every great architect is - necessarily - a great poet. He must be a great...

Every great architect is - necessarily - a great poet. He must be a great...

In the school I went to, they asked a kid to prove the law of...

In the school I went to, they asked a kid to prove the law of...