Famous quotes containing the words lewis and/or lapham:
“It is more comfortable for me, in the long run, to be rude than polite.”
—Wyndham Lewis (1882–1957)
“We might make a public moan in the newspapers about the decay of conscience, but in private conversation, no matter what crimes a man may have committed or how cynically he may have debased his talent or his friends, variations on the answer “Yes, but I did it for the money” satisfy all but the most tiresome objections.”
—Lewis H. Lapham (b. 1935)