Jungle Upton Quotes

#1. 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

#2. Upton Sinclair's The Jungle

Rysa Walker

#3. Here was one more difficulty for him to meet and conquer.

Upton Sinclair

#4. I got done writing Ports of Call and suddenly realized I have far too much material for the book.

Jack Vance

#5. Dieve--but I'm glad I'm not a hog.

Upton Sinclair

#6. 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

#7. One of the necessary accompaniments of capitalism in a democracy is political corruption.

Upton Sinclair

#8. Angela has a boyfriend. Actually, he's a friend with benefits."
"What's that?" Grandma said.
"It means she likes him, and she sleeps with him sometimes when she feels like it."
"In my day, we called that a husband," Grandma said.

Elaine Viets

#9. It's a treat to portray a complex character. Besides ... where else could I find a job where emotional outbursts and odd exclamations like 'Egad!', 'Narf!', 'Poit!', 'Splonk!' and 'Zort!' are allowed?

Rob Paulsen

#10. I aimed at the public's heart, and by accident I hit it in the stomach.

Upton Sinclair

#11. Today's water institutions-the policies and laws, government agencies and planning and engineering practices that shape patterns of water use-are steeped in a supply-side management philosophy no longer appropriate to solving today's water problems.

Sandra Postel

#12. I'm not a comedian. I'm an actor who just happens to be funny on occasion.

Anthony Anderson

#13. Look at the declining television coverage. Look at the declining voting rate. Economics and economic news is what moves the country now, not politics.

Robert Teeter

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

Upton Sinclair