"The trouble with this country is that there……" — Sinclair Lewis

"The trouble with this country is that there are too many people going about saying, "The trouble with this country is....""

— Sinclair Lewis

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61 Quotes by Sinclair Lewis

Sinclair Lewis has 61 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

It is, I think, an error to believe that there is any need of religion to make life seem worth…
People will buy anything that is one to a customer.
Writing is just work-there's no secret. If you dictate or use a pen or type or write with your toes-it's…
It is impossible to discourage the real writers - they don't give a damn what you say, they're going to…
Every compulsion is put upon writers to become safe, polite, obedient, and sterile.
Writers kid themselves-about themselves and other people. Take the talk about writing methods. Writing is just work-there's no secret. If…
A sensational event was changing from the brown suit to the gray the contents of his pockets. He was earnest…
Pugnacity is a form of courage, but a very bad form.
When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross.
Most troubles are unnecessary. We have Nature beaten; we can make her grow wheat; we can keep warm when she…
It has not yet been recorded that any human being has gained a very large or permanent contentment from meditation…
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 Blame Quotes

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I try to live my life where I end up at a point where I have no regrets. So I… — Darren Aronofsky
You can't live your life blaming your failures on your parents and what they did or didn't do for you.… — Drew Barrymore
Do not blame anybody for your mistakes and failures. — Bernard Baruch
Informed decision-making comes from a long tradition of guessing and then blaming others for inadequate results. — Scott Adams
There's man all over for you, blaming on his boots the fault of his feet. — Samuel Beckett
The Marxist analysis has got nothing to do with what happened in Stalin's Russia: it's like blaming Jesus Christ for… — Tony Benn
I never blame myself when I'm not hitting. I just blame the bat and if it keeps up, I change… — Yogi Berra
I don't blame the players today for the money. I blame the owners. They started it. They wanna give it… — Yogi Berra
Everyone's quick to blame the alien. — Aeschylus
One day I realized that I wasn't getting anywhere by blaming other people for my circumstances. I finally understood: Even… — Mary J. Blige
If a hurricane strikes, we can blame the president for not being there; we can blame Congress and FEMA; we… — Michael Bloomberg
It's not natural disasters that are to blame for the deprivation of the North Korean people, but the failed policies… — John Bolton

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