--- title: "18 Land Quotes By John Steinbeck" description: "18 Land quotes by John Steinbeck. Plus more from John Steinbeck and more Land sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4d/john-steinbeck-71_guy_i-seen-too-many-guys-with-land-in-their_2149614.jpg" --- > [I seen too many guys with land in their head. They never get none under their hand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/i-seen-too-many-guys-with-land-in-their-head-they-never-get-none/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4d/john-steinbeck-71_guy_i-seen-too-many-guys-with-land-in-their_2149614.jpg) > [The land is so much more than its analysis.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/the-land-is-so-much-more-than-its-analysis/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/10d/john-steinbeck-71_analysis_the-land-is-so-much-more-than-its-analys_3084884.jpg) > [This monster of a land, this mightiest of nations, this spawn of the future, turns out to be the macrocosm of microcosm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/this-monster-of-a-land-this-mightiest-of-nations-this-spawn-of-the/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ff/john-steinbeck-71_america_this-monster-of-a-land-this-mightiest-of_1867454.jpg) > [ I should have known \[…\] I am the rain. \[…\] I am the land \[…\] and I am the rain. The grass… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/i-should-have-known-i-am-the-rain-i-am-the-land-and-i-am-the-rain-the/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/808/john-steinbeck-71_grass_i-should-have-known-i-am-the-rain-i-am-t_71895.jpg) > [“That man who is more then his elements knows the land that is more than its analysis. ”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/that-man-who-is-more-then-his-elements-knows-the-land-that-is-more/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0e/john-steinbeck-71_analysis_that-man-who-is-more-then-his-elements-k_819349.jpg) > [“Sure, cried the tenant men, but it's our land. We measured it and broke it up. We were born on it, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/sure-cried-the-tenant-men-but-it-s-our-land-we-measured-it-and-broke/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5dd/john-steinbeck-71_inspirational_sure-cried-the-tenant-men-but-it-s-our-l_765277.jpg) > [A large drop of sun lingered on the horizon and then dripped over and was gone, and the sky was brilliant over…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/a-large-drop-of-sun-lingered-on-the-horizon-and-then-dripped-over-and/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe1/john-steinbeck-71_bloody_a-large-drop-of-sun-lingered-on-the-hori_1021068.jpg) > [Just like heaven. Ever’body wants a little piece of lan’. I read plenty of books out here. Nobody never gets to heaven,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/just-like-heaven-ever-body-wants-a-little-piece-of-lan-i-read-plenty/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21c/john-steinbeck-71_body_just-like-heaven-ever-body-wants-a-littl_1494181.jpg) > [“...but it's our land. We measured it and broke it up. We were born on it, and we got killed on it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/but-it-s-our-land-we-measured-it-and-broke-it-up-we-were-born-on-it/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/31b/john-steinbeck-71_quote_but-it-s-our-land-we-measured-it-and-bro_1191088.jpg) > [“Do you take pride in your hurt?” Samuel asked. “Does it make you seem large and tragic?” “I don't know.” “Well, think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/do-you-take-pride-in-your-hurt-samuel-asked-does-it-make-you-seem/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9f/john-steinbeck-71_asked_do-you-take-pride-in-your-hurt-samuel-as_152876.jpg) > [But you can't start. Only a baby can start. You and me - why, we're all that's been. The anger of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/but-you-can-t-start-only-a-baby-can-start-you-and-me-why-we-re-all-2/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5dc/john-steinbeck-71_baby_but-you-can-t-start-only-a-baby-can-star_2148065.jpg) > [It seems to me Montana is a great splash of grandeur. The scale is huge but not overpowering. The land is rich…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/it-seems-to-me-montana-is-a-great-splash-of-grandeur-the-scale-is/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ffd/john-steinbeck-71_agendas_it-seems-to-me-montana-is-a-great-splash_1292834.jpg) > [“I seen hundreds of men come by on the road an’ on the ranches, with their bindles on their back an’ that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/i-seen-hundreds-of-men-come-by-on-the-road-an-on-the-ranches-with/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7d/john-steinbeck-71_grapes-of-wrath_i-seen-hundreds-of-men-come-by-on-the-ro_1996459.jpg) > [And when that crop grew, and was harvested, no man had crumbled a hot clod in his fingers and let the earth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/and-when-that-crop-grew-and-was-harvested-no-man-had-crumbled-a-hot/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/78e/john-steinbeck-71_bores_and-when-that-crop-grew-and-was-harveste_797732.jpg) > [A man may have lived all of his life in the gray, and the land and trees of him dark and somber.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/a-man-may-have-lived-all-of-his-life-in-the-gray-and-the-land-and/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/328/john-steinbeck-71_bless_a-man-may-have-lived-all-of-his-life-in_1057892.jpg) > [Do you take pride in your hurt?' Samuel asked. 'Does it make you seem large and tragic? . . . Maybe you're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/do-you-take-pride-in-your-hurt-samuel-asked-does-it-make-you-seem-2/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/784/john-steinbeck-71_audience_do-you-take-pride-in-your-hurt-samuel-as_2527702.jpg) > [“And the great owners, who must lose their land in an upheaval, the great owners with access to history, with eyes to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/and-the-great-owners-who-must-lose-their-land-in-an-upheaval-the/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5cc/john-steinbeck-71_history_and-the-great-owners-who-must-lose-their_389216.jpg) > [“Some of the owner men were kind because they hated what they had to do, and some of them were angry because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/some-of-the-owner-men-were-kind-because-they-hated-what-they-had-to/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ee/john-steinbeck-71_capitalism_some-of-the-owner-men-were-kind-because_1718840.jpg) ## Other authors on Land ## More by John Steinbeck > [ Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit. My three \[great teachers\] did not… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/teaching-might-even-be-the-greatest-of-the-arts-since-the-medium-is/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) > [Prayer never brought in no side-meat. Takes a shoat to bring in pork.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/prayer-never-brought-in-no-side-meat-takes-a-shoat-to-bring-in-pork/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) > [“And now submarines are armed with mass murder, our silly, only way of deterring mass murder.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/and-now-submarines-are-armed-with-mass-murder-our-silly-only-way-of/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) > [“I’d think there are degrees of greatness,” Adam said. “I don’t think so,” said Samuel. “That would be like saying there is a little…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/i-d-think-there-are-degrees-of-greatness-adam-said-i-don-t-think-so/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) > [“He was forever inventing a new way of doing an old thing and doing it better and quicker, but he never in his whole…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/he-was-forever-inventing-a-new-way-of-doing-an-old-thing-and-doing-it/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) > [“You come back a changed man. Samuel, you don’t change him. He changes you. I can see the look of him in your face.”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/you-come-back-a-changed-man-samuel-you-don-t-change-him-he-changes/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) > [I find out of long experience that I admire all nations and hate all governments](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/i-find-out-of-long-experience-that-i-admire-all-nations-and-hate-all/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) > [At about 10 o'clock in the morning the sun threw a bright dust-laden bar through one of the side windows and in and out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/at-about-10-o-clock-in-the-morning-the-sun-threw-a-bright-dust-laden/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) > [I have noticed that there is no dissatisfaction like that of the rich. Feed a man, clothe him, put him in a good house,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/i-have-noticed-that-there-is-no-dissatisfaction-like-that-of-the-rich/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) > [“Who in his mind has not probe the dark water?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/who-in-his-mind-has-not-probe-the-dark-water/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) > [Sometimes, a lie is told in kindness. I don't believe it ever works kindly. The quick pain of truth can pass away, but the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/sometimes-a-lie-is-told-in-kindness-i-don-t-believe-it-ever-works/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) > [People like you to be something, preferably what they are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/people-like-you-to-be-something-preferably-what-they-are/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) > [“Suddenly he knew joy and sorrow felted into one fabric. Courage and fear were one thing too. He found that he had started to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/suddenly-he-knew-joy-and-sorrow-felted-into-one-fabric-courage-and/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) > [I am writing this from what we Americans call Yurrp. In Yurrp writers are taken as seriously as Lana Turner's legs are in America…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/i-am-writing-this-from-what-we-americans-call-yurrp-in-yurrp-writers/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) > [I write because I like to write. I find joy in the texture and tone and rhythm of words. It is a satisfaction like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/i-write-because-i-like-to-write-i-find-joy-in-the-texture-and-tone/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/land/john-steinbeck/#itemlist", "name": "18 Land Quotes By John Steinbeck", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I seen too many guys with land in their head. 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