Sinclair Lewis

"I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving a practical goal before this decade is out."

"Creative art should build up instead of tearing down."

"When a man feels that he is the target of the world's bitter resentment, he is in a very uncomfortable position."

"Creativity is the power to connect the seemingly unconnected."

"The most liberal man in the world is the man of science."

"I hear America singing."

"The secret source of humor itself is not joy but sorrow."

"One cannot be deeply responsive to the world without being saddened very often."

"The purpose of an open mind, like an open mouth, is to close it on something solid."

"Every man is a king in his own estimation."

"I knew I was beaten, and I knew then that I would always be beaten."

"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that very existence is an act of rebellion."

"The greatest thing about America is the right to worship as I see fit."

"If you can laugh at it, you can live with it."

"The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places."

"Our civilization has decided that determining the guilt or innocence of men is a thing too important to be trusted to trained men."

"The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time."

"Dogma is the enemy of human sexuality."

"The book is to the mind what physical exercise is to the body."

"Character is what you are in the dark."

"Marriage is three parts love and seven parts forgiveness of sins."

"A writer who waits for ideal conditions under which to work will die without putting a word on paper."

"The greatest fine art of the future will be the making of a comfortable living from a small piece of land."

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate but that we are powerful beyond measure."

"The only truth is that there are no absolute truths."

"I love all things beautiful in the world, but even more I love fair-dealing and truth."

"We accept the verdict of the past until the need for change cries out loudly enough to force upon us a choice between the comforts of further inertia and the anguish of action."

"Success is getting what you want; happiness is liking what you get."

"The main thing that people with good bodies do is display them."

"I have often been impressed by the fact that there are very few things which I know for certain."