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

Quote by Saul Bellow

Topics: Saul Bellow Quotes

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.

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...

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...

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...

Conquered people tend to be witty.

Conquered people tend to be witty.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection.

No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection.

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...

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...

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...