Sinclair Lewis (Harry Sinclair Lewis) Quotes

The most important part of living is not the living but the pondering upon it.

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• The center that I cannot find is known to my unconscious mind.

  

  W. H. Auden
  • Mind
  • Find
  • Unconscious

• Moreover, the practical recommendations deduced from ecological principles threaten the vested interests of commerce; it is hardly surprising that the financial and political power created by these investments should be used sometimes to suppress environmental impact studies.

  

  Garrett Hardin
  • Power
  • Political
  • Financial

• The first play I saw was a Samuel Beckett play which was great.

  

  Val Kilmer
  • Great
  • Play
  • First

• The newspaper is a marvelous medium. It is extraordinarily convenient and cheap. Let's see. This one cost 75 cents. Now that's a little high. I bought it when I was downtown this morning.

  

  Harrison Salisbury
  • High
  • Morning
  • Cost

• I just think something about being in front of a live audience when you've finished a big dance that you've been working on for so long - I don't think anything can really beat that.

  

  Maisie Williams
  • Long
  • Live
  • Dance

• Forethought we may have, undoubtedly, but not foresight.

  

  Napoleon Bonaparte
  • May
  • Foresight
  • Undoubtedly

• When I entered into office mid-recession, my No. 1 focus was Utah's economy. We set bold goals, and we've built one of the best-performing economies in the nation.

  

  Gary Herbert
  • Focus
  • Goals
  • Economy

• At first, I didn't really have a passion for acting.

  

  Jacob Batalon
  • Passion
  • Acting
  • First

• I'm into menswear slacks that are comfortable.

  

  Rachel Bilson
  • Comfortable

• In 1965, when great young white artists in the English-speaking world were successfully re-channeling hillbilly and black music - you know Bob Dylan, Ray Davies, Pete Townsend, Keith Richards - they didn't get any money at first. They were all broke.

  

  Iggy Pop
  • World
  • Great
  • Music

• I am willing to lend that hand, I will continue to stay involved with my charities as long as they need me.

  

  Laura San Giacomo
  • Need
  • Involved
  • Charities

• I always try to give my songs as gifts.

  

  Dan Fogelberg
  • Always
  • Try
  • Gifts

• My dog Tucker likes to walk late at night because it is a good way to keep me awake. Apparently, the one time I took him for a stroll around midnight represented, to him, a commitment similar to marriage.

  

  W. Bruce Cameron
  • Time
  • Good
  • Night

• I do think, however, that there's a very diverse point of view in the African-American community. There's a lot of different voices that need to be heard. I don't claim and pretend to know the thoughts and opinions and ideas of all African-Americans.

  

  J. C. Watts
  • Different
  • American
  • Community

• I visited Jobs for the last time in his Palo Alto, Calif., home. He had moved to a downstairs bedroom because he was too weak to go up and down stairs. He was curled up in some pain, but his mind was still sharp and his humor vibrant.

  

  Walter Isaacson
  • Up
  • Time
  • Mind

• Any press is good press. So keep on ragging me.

  

  Carl Lewis
  • Good
  • Me
  • Keep

• Painting is easy when you don't know how, but very difficult when you do.

  

  Edgar Degas
  • Art
  • Painting
  • Easy

• It's hard to mix with a crowd when you're walking down the hallway and everybody else is a foot shorter. I remember hanging out with my friends, like at the mall, and thinking people were staring at me and talking about me. It made me turn inside myself. I became more shy and quiet.

  

  Randy Johnson
  • People
  • Thinking
  • Friends

• My family is involved and my wife Brenda is a great, great writer. She helps me with the writing of everything and also sings with me. I owe a lot to Brenda.

  

  Rick Derringer
  • Writing
  • Everything
  • Involved

• I work hard, I make my own living and I love it. I like having financial independence.

  

  Salma Hayek
  • Work
  • Love
  • Living

• Oftentimes, people stay where they are in life simply because of fear. But do you know that fear isn't reality? It's only a thought in your mind.

  

  Victoria Osteen
  • People
  • Life
  • Mind

• The Simonian system can be extracted from the writings of Hippolytus. The cosmos begins with the one root, which is unfathomable Silence, pre-existent, limitless power, existing in singleness. It bestirs itself and assumes a determinate aspect by turning into Thinking (Nous, i.e. Mind), from which comes forth the Thought (Epinoia). As soon as thought is born out of the thinking silence, suddenly one has become two.

  

  Edward F Edinger
  • Thinking
  • Silence
  • Born

• The most important part of living is not the living but the pondering upon it.

  

  Sinclair Lewis
  • Living
  • Part
  • Pondering