30 ordspråk av Sinclair Lewis

US  Sinclair Lewis

Sinclair Lewis föddes den 7 Februar 1885 och dog den 10 Januar 1951 - US writer
Mer info via Google eller Bing.
 . . . being a man given to oratory and high principles, he enjoyed the sound of his own vocabulary and the warmth of his own virtue.

 . . . she did her work with the thoroughness of a mind which reveres details and never quite understands them . . .

 a dictator with something of the earthy American sense of humor of a Mark Twain, a George Ade, a Will Rogers, an Artemus Ward.

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

 Damn the great executives, the men of measured merriment, damn the men with careful smiles oh, damn their measured merriment.

 Damn the great executives, the men of measured merriment, damn the men with careful smiles oh, damn their measured merriment.

 Don't be a writer. Writing is an escape from something. You be a scientist.

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

 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.

 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.

 I can not understand why ministers presume to deliver sermons every week at appointed hours because it is humanly impossible for inspirations to come with clock-like regularity

 In other countries, art and literature are left to a lot of shabby bums living in attics and feeding on booze and spaghetti, but in America the successful writer or picture-painter is indistinguishable from any other decent businessman

 Intellectually I know that America is no better than any other country; emotionally I know she is better than every country

 Our American professors like their literature clear and cold and pure and very dead.

 Our American professors like their literature clear and cold and pure and very dead.


Sidan 1 av 3
1 2 3

Zahl von Sprichwörtern sind 1469517
varav 1407627 på engelska

Sprichwort (1469517 st) Suche
Kategorien (2627 st) Suche
Autoren (167535 st) Suche
Bilder (4592 st)
Geboren (10495 st)
Gestorben (3317 st)
Daten (9517 st)
Länder (5315 st)
Idiom (4438 st)
Längde
Toplists (6 st)



in

Grüße
Schreib einen Gruß!

Irgendein Rückgespräch? Schreib hier:

Wennst du ein Antwort wünschen, dein email:





Diese Website konzentriert sich auf Sprichwörter der schwedischen Sprache. Einige Teile einschließlich der Links sind nicht ins Deutsche übersetzt worden. Diese Links sind hauptsächlich FAQ, verschiedene Informationen und Webseiten, die der Erweiterung der Sammlung dienen.



Det är julafton om 188 dagar!

Vad är sprichwort?
Hur funkar det?
Vanliga frågor
Om samlingen
Ordspråkshjältar
Hjälp till!



När det blåser kallt är ordspråk ballt.

www.livet.se/zitate




Diese Website konzentriert sich auf Sprichwörter der schwedischen Sprache. Einige Teile einschließlich der Links sind nicht ins Deutsche übersetzt worden. Diese Links sind hauptsächlich FAQ, verschiedene Informationen und Webseiten, die der Erweiterung der Sammlung dienen.



Det är julafton om 188 dagar!

Vad är sprichwort?
Hur funkar det?
Vanliga frågor
Om samlingen
Ordspråkshjältar
Hjälp till!




När det blåser kallt är ordspråk ballt.

www.livet.se/zitate