"The middle class, that prisoner of the barbarian……" — Sinclair Lewis
"The middle class, that prisoner of the barbarian 20th century."
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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 Barbarian Quotes
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one of 66 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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As a result, I've been portrayed as a cynical barbarian preying on the very clients I was charged to defend.
— Jack Abramoff
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Now you fear punishment and beg for your lives, so I will let you free, if not for any other…
— Alexander the Great
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...while science gives us implements to use, science alone does not determine for what ends they will be employed. Radio…
— Harry Emerson Fosdick
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The view of the cross as the sacrifice for the sins of the world is a barbarian idea based on…
— John Shelby Spong
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Before God, there is neither Greek nor barbarian, neither rich nor poor, and the slave is as good as his…
— Lord Acton
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It's a curious thing, this thing we call civilization...we think it is an affair of epochs, and nations. It's really…
— William Dean Howells
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There's no god. He who created god was a fool; he who spreads his name is a scoundrel and he…
— Periyar E. V. Ramasamy
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There is no god, there is no god, there is no god at all. He who invented god is a…
— Periyar E. V. Ramasamy
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The idea of imposing universal peace on the world by force is a barbarian fantasy.
— Garet Garrett
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In less than a century after the barbarian nations settled in their new conquests, almost all the effects of the…
— Unknown Author
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Every virile people has established colonial power. All great nations in the fullness of their strength have desired to set…
— Heinrich von Treitschke
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The true law of the race is progress and development. Whenever civilization pauses in the march of conquest, it is…
— William Gilmore Simms
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