Sinclair Lewis

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

He who has seen one cathedral ten times has seen something; he who has seen ten cathedrals once has seen but little; and he who has spent half an hour in each of a hundred cathedrals has seen nothing at all.

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

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

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

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

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

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