Conquered people tend to be witty.

Quote by Saul Bellow

Topics: Witty Quotes

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

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

No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection.

No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection.

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...

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...

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...

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.

In expressing love we belong among the undeveloped countries.

In expressing love we belong among the undeveloped countries.

A man is only as good as what he loves

A man is only as good as what he loves

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...

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...

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......

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.

I have begun in old age to understand just how oddly we are all put...

I have begun in old age to understand just how oddly we are all put...

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...

Take our politicians: they're a bunch of yo-yos. The presidency is now a cross between...

Take our politicians: they're a bunch of yo-yos. The presidency is now a cross between...

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...

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 woman's counsel is not worth much, but he that despises it is no wiser...

A woman's counsel is not worth much, but he that despises it is no wiser...

Advice is like castor oil, easy enough to give but dreadful uneasy to take.

Advice is like castor oil, easy enough to give but dreadful uneasy to take.

Listen to advice and accept correction, then in the end you will be wise.

Listen to advice and accept correction, then in the end you will be wise.