Jungle Upton Sinclair Quotes & Sayings

If you're not entertaining, what the hell's the point? — Tracy Letts

Waiting is a period of learning. The longer we wait, the more we hear about him for whom we are waiting. — Henri Nouwen

Let us now celebrate the literary allusion. — Sherman Alexie

One of the necessary accompaniments of capitalism in a democracy is political corruption. — Upton Sinclair

I'm the candidate who forgot to take off her hat before she threw it in the ring. — Gracie Allen

Greatness is in the preparation, not in the performance. — Jack Hyles

He was undoubtedly a gentleman of honorable pedigree and of many accomplishments, but two of his accomplishments emerged from all the rest. He had a talent for appearing when he was not wanted and a talent for disappearing when he was wanted, especially when he was wanted by the police. It may be added that his disappearances were more dangerous than his appearances. — G.K. Chesterton

I got back in my car, starting the engine, then drove off. It wasn't until I pulled onto the highway that it all really sunk it, how temporary our friendship had been. We'd been on our breaks, after all, but it wasn't our relationships that were on pause: it was us. Now we were both in motion again, moving ahead. So what if there were questions left unanswered. Life went on. We knew that better than anyone. — Sarah Dessen

Upton Sinclair's The Jungle — Rysa Walker

As an actor there are no drawbacks. — John Malkovich

I've commissioned an adaptation of 'The Jungle', by Upton Sinclair, a story of a young immigrant from Lithuania to the meat-packing industry of Chicago in 1904, and the rise of the unions in America. — David Schwimmer

Dieve--but I'm glad I'm not a hog. — Upton Sinclair

Here was one more difficulty for him to meet and conquer. — Upton Sinclair

One-on-one approaches to overcoming abuse work well only when the wider community pulls together to create an environment in which the victims are supported and the abusers held accountable. — Lundy Bancroft

I had never read Upton Sinclair. I didn't read 'The Jungle' in high school or anything like that. But it's pretty terrific writing. — Paul Thomas Anderson

And the wild beast rose up within him and screamed, as it had screamed in the Jungle from the dawn of time. — Upton Sinclair

Aerodynamics is mathematics for those who haven't learned to do calculus. In my case, too, for one who hasn't learned to add or multiply, at least the first time. — Richard Bach

The war creates no absolutely new situation: it simply aggravates the permanent human situation so that we can no longer ignore it. Human life has always been lived on the edge of a precipice. Human culture has always had to exist under the shadow of something infinitely more important than itself. If men had postponed the search for knowledge and beauty until they were secure, the search would never have begun. — C.S. Lewis

I felt sad for my "actual boss" who was too hard-pressed under his mom's weight. — Ankita Kapoor

I aimed at the public's heart, and by accident I hit it in the stomach. — Upton Sinclair