Conquered people tend to be witty.

Quote by Saul Bellow

Topics: Witty Quotes

A man is only as good as what he loves

A man is only as good as what he loves

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...

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.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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......

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

In expressing love we belong among the undeveloped countries.

In expressing love we belong among the undeveloped countries.

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...