A man is only as good as what he loves.

Quote by Saul Bellow

Topics: Saul Bellow Quotes

I've never turned over a fig leaf yet that didn't have a price tag on...

I've never turned over a fig leaf yet that didn't have a price tag on...

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...

A man is only as good as what he loves

A man is only as good as what he loves

No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection.

No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection.

All a writer has to do to get a woman is to say he's a...

All a writer has to do to get a woman is to say he's a...

Conquered people tend to be witty.

Conquered people tend to be witty.

If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them...

If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them...

A novel is balanced between a few true impressions and the multitude of false ones...

A novel is balanced between a few true impressions and the multitude of false ones...

I'm glad I haven't lived in vain.

I'm glad I haven't lived in vain.

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...

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

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

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.

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

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

You never have to change anything you got up in the middle of the night...

You never have to change anything you got up in the middle of the night...

We are always looking for the book it is necessary to read next.

We are always looking for the book it is necessary to read next.

You never have to change anything you got up in the middle of the night...

You never have to change anything you got up in the middle of the night...

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...

There has never been an age that did not applaud the past and lament the...

There has never been an age that did not applaud the past and lament the...

It is the privilege of posterity to set matters right between those antagonists who, by...

It is the privilege of posterity to set matters right between those antagonists who, by...

The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits.

The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits.