"Babbitt" Quotes
A conformist real estate agent in the 1920s Midwest struggles with the emptiness of his materialistic life.
fiction | 348 pages | Published in NaN
Quotes
He had, in fact, got everything from the bank but a soul, for his business was entirely soulless.
All of us are growing. And the more we grow, the greater becomes our wonder at how much there is to know.
The only really reliable people are the people who never have any original ideas.
The man who has the courage of his platitudes is always a successful man.
The way to be happy is to make others so.
The whole world is in revolt. Soon there will be only five Kings left—the King of England, the King of Spades, The King of Clubs, the King of Hearts, and the King of Diamonds.
I just wish I could be as sure of something as he is of everything.
The only use for an obstacle is to be overcome.
A man's got to believe in something. I believe I'll go fishing.
The fact that the man had no use for beauty or for greatness did not prove that beauty and greatness did not exist.
