Conquered people tend to be witty.

Quote by Saul Bellow

Topics: Witty Quotes

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...

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.

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...

In expressing love we belong among the undeveloped countries.

In expressing love we belong among the undeveloped countries.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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 man is only as good as what he loves

A man is only as good as what he loves

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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