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

Quote by Saul Bellow

Topics: Saul Bellow Quotes

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...

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...

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

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

There is an immense, painful longing for a broader, more flexible, fuller, more coherent, more...

There is an immense, painful longing for a broader, more flexible, fuller, more coherent, more...

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...

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...

A man is only as good as what he loves

A man is only as good as what he loves

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...

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...

Conquered people tend to be witty.

Conquered people tend to be witty.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

A man is only as good as what he loves.

A man is only as good as what he loves.

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.

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...

Money and Corruption Are ruining the land Crooked politicians Betray the working man, Pocketing the...

Money and Corruption Are ruining the land Crooked politicians Betray the working man, Pocketing the...

If politicians and scientists were lazier, how much happier we should all be

If politicians and scientists were lazier, how much happier we should all be

If people want a sense of purpose they should get it from their archbishop. They...

If people want a sense of purpose they should get it from their archbishop. They...

Walk around. If you are invisible, the mystique of the President's office may perpetuate inaccurate...

Walk around. If you are invisible, the mystique of the President's office may perpetuate inaccurate...