Conquered people tend to be witty.

Quote by Saul Bellow

Topics: Witty Quotes

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...

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...

A man is only as good as what he loves

A man is only as good as what he loves

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...

She was what we used to call a suicide blonde - dyed by her own...

She was what we used to call a suicide blonde - dyed by her own...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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.

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 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'm glad I haven't lived in vain.

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

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...

No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection.

No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection.

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...

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...