"In fact, the whole thing about prohibition is……" — Sinclair Lewis
"In fact, the whole thing about prohibition is this: it isn't the initial cost, it's the humidity."
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61 Quotes by Sinclair Lewis
Sinclair Lewis has 61 quotes on this site.
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It is, I think, an error to believe that there is any need of religion to make life seem worth…
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People will buy anything that is one to a customer.
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Writing is just work-there's no secret. If you dictate or use a pen or type or write with your toes-it's…
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It is impossible to discourage the real writers - they don't give a damn what you say, they're going to…
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Every compulsion is put upon writers to become safe, polite, obedient, and sterile.
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Writers kid themselves-about themselves and other people. Take the talk about writing methods. Writing is just work-there's no secret. If…
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A sensational event was changing from the brown suit to the gray the contents of his pockets. He was earnest…
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Pugnacity is a form of courage, but a very bad form.
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When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross.
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Most troubles are unnecessary. We have Nature beaten; we can make her grow wheat; we can keep warm when she…
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It has not yet been recorded that any human being has gained a very large or permanent contentment from meditation…
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Every compulsion is put upon writers to become safe, polite, obedient, and sterile. In protest, I declined election to the…
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More Cost Quotes
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True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but…
— Arthur Ashe
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Writers and books are cheap dates, especially when you compare the cost of a book with a ticket to the…
— Margaret Atwood
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I think I hate cynicism more than anything else. It's the curse of our age, and I want to avoid…
— Paul Auster
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The School Energy Crisis Relief Act authorizes the Secretary of Energy to issue energy assistance grants to help the poorest…
— Joe Baca
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There are plenty of good five cent cigars in the country. The trouble is they cost a quarter.
— Franklin P. Adams
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Posterity! You will never know how much it cost the present generation to preserve your freedom! I hope you will…
— John Adams
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For too long, our country's version of an energy policy has consisted of Americans waking up every day and wondering…
— Bob Beauprez
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The big difference between sex for money and sex for free is that sex for money usually costs a lot…
— Brendan Behan
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Every effort needs to be made to try and offset the costs of Katrina and Rita by reductions in other…
— Ben Bernanke
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Not all my shoes are designer. In terms of clothes, everything is on the same level for me. If I…
— Sophie Ellis Bextor
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Real estate is the key cost of physical retailers. That's why there's the old saw: location, location, location.
— Jeff Bezos
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On the Internet, companies are scale businesses, characterized by high fixed costs and relatively low variable costs. You can be…
— Jeff Bezos
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