His name was George F. Babbitt, and . . . he was nimble in the calling of selling houses for more than people could afford to pay.
Sinclair LewisIn everything was the spirit of children's play - not the rule-ridden, time-killing play of adults that is a preparation for death, but the busy and credulous play of children that is a preparation for life.
Sinclair LewisIn fact, the whole thing about prohibition is this: it isn't the initial cost, it's the humidity.
Sinclair LewisWhen fascism comes to the United States it will be wrapped in the American flag and will claim the name of 100-percent Americanism
Sinclair LewisIf there is anything worse than the aching tedium of staring out of car windows, it is the irritation of getting tickets, packing, finding trains, lying in bouncing berths, washing without water, digging out passports, and fighting through customs. To live in Carlsbad is seemly and to loaf at San Remo healing to the soul, but to get from Carlsbad to San Remo is of the devil.
Sinclair Lewis