There are two insults no human being will endure: that he has no sense of humor, and that he has never known trouble

Quote by Sinclair Lewis

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Every compulsion is put upon writers to become safe, polite, obedient, and sterile.

Every compulsion is put upon writers to become safe, polite, obedient, and sterile.

I can not understand why ministers presume to deliver sermons every week at appointed hours...

I can not understand why ministers presume to deliver sermons every week at appointed hours...

There are two insults no human being will endure: that he has no sense of...

There are two insults no human being will endure: that he has no sense of...

When facism comes to America it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a...

When facism comes to America it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a...

Our American professors like their literature clear and cold and pure and very dead.

Our American professors like their literature clear and cold and pure and very dead.

Advertising is a valuable economic factor because it is the cheapest way of selling goods,...

Advertising is a valuable economic factor because it is the cheapest way of selling goods,...

He who has seen one cathedral ten times has seen something; he who has seen...

He who has seen one cathedral ten times has seen something; he who has seen...

Pugnacity is a form of courage, but a very bad form.

Pugnacity is a form of courage, but a very bad form.

Damn the great executives, the men of measured merriment, damn the men with careful smiles...

Damn the great executives, the men of measured merriment, damn the men with careful smiles...

When audiences come to see us authors lecture, it is largely in the hope that...

When audiences come to see us authors lecture, it is largely in the hope that...

When facism comes to America it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a...

When facism comes to America it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a...

The middle class, that prisoner of the barbarian 20th century.

The middle class, that prisoner of the barbarian 20th century.

What is love? It is the morning and the evening star.

What is love? It is the morning and the evening star.

Advertising is a valuable economic factor because it is the cheapest way of selling goods,...

Advertising is a valuable economic factor because it is the cheapest way of selling goods,...

Winter is not a season, it's an occupation.

Winter is not a season, it's an occupation.

When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying the...

When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying the...

Whatever poet, orator or sage may say of it, old age is still old age.

Whatever poet, orator or sage may say of it, old age is still old age.

I went on a children's roller coaster once when I was maybe 12-or some age...

I went on a children's roller coaster once when I was maybe 12-or some age...

I have always paid income tax. I object only when it reaches a stage when...

I have always paid income tax. I object only when it reaches a stage when...

Age, I do abhor thee, youth, I do adore thee.

Age, I do abhor thee, youth, I do adore thee.