"I must say I'm not very fond of oratory that's so full of energy it hasn't any room for facts."

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Source : Sinclair Lewis (2002). “Arrowsmith: Elmer Gantry ; Dodsworth”

Sinclair Lewis

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“Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny should take a few pointers from the mutual-fund industry. All three are trying to pull off elaborate hoaxes. But while Santa and the bunny suffer the derision of eight year olds everywhere, actively-managed stock funds still have an ardent following among otherwise clear-thinking adults. This continued loyalty amazes me. Reams of statistics prove that most of the fund industry's stock pickers fail to beat the market.”
“All shall be well, and all shall be well and all manner of thing shall be well.”

Source : Revelations of Divine Love ch. 27 (ca. 1380)
“Being pregnant is an occupational hazard of being a wife.”
“Among the faithful, in the great kitchens of the world, Escoffier is to Careme what the New Testament is to the Old.”
“I listen to them freely and with all the respect merited by their intelligence, their character, their knowledge, reserving always my incontestable right of criticism and censure.”
“There is nothing wrapped in my turban but God,”
“'Tis healthy to be sick sometimes.”
“In writing poetry, all of one's attention is focused on some inner voice.”

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