Conquered people tend to be witty.

Quote by Saul Bellow

Topics: Witty Quotes

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.

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...

In expressing love we belong among the undeveloped countries.

In expressing love we belong among the undeveloped countries.

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...

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...

People can lose their lives in libraries. They ought to be warned.

People can lose their lives in libraries. They ought to be warned.

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

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

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......

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...

Psychoanalysis pretends to investigate the Unconscious. The Unconscious by definition is what you are not...

Psychoanalysis pretends to investigate the Unconscious. The Unconscious by definition is what you are not...

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...

With a novelist, like a surgeon, you have to get a feeling that you've fallen...

With a novelist, like a surgeon, you have to get a feeling that you've fallen...

Hapiness can only be found if you can free yourself of all other distractions.

Hapiness can only be found if you can free yourself of all other distractions.

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.

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...

In Los Angeles all the loose objects in the country were collected, as if America...

In Los Angeles all the loose objects in the country were collected, as if America...

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

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

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...

I moved to New York City for my health. I'm paranoid and it was the...

I moved to New York City for my health. I'm paranoid and it was the...

Storing your car in New York is safer than entering it in a demolition derby....

Storing your car in New York is safer than entering it in a demolition derby....