No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection.

Quote by Saul Bellow

Topics: Chicago Quotes

A man is only as good as what he loves

A man is only as good as what he loves

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

What is art but a way of seeing?

What is art but a way of seeing?

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 good novel is worth more then the best scientific study.

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

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...

Conquered people tend to be witty.

Conquered people tend to be witty.

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...

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'm glad I haven't lived in vain.

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

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...

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 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.

I always knew I would look back on my tears and laugh; but I never...

I always knew I would look back on my tears and laugh; but I never...

Sometimes even though you're having a good time, you can't help but to stop and...

Sometimes even though you're having a good time, you can't help but to stop and...

Do not trust your memory; it is a net full of holes; the most beautiful...

Do not trust your memory; it is a net full of holes; the most beautiful...