Men Quotes by John Steinbeck · Page 5

He saw something that makes a man doubtful of the constancy of the realities outside himself. It was the shocking discovery that…

— John Steinbeck

The trash and litter of nature disappears into the ground with the passing of each year, but man's litter has more permanence.

— John Steinbeck

There's nothing sadder to me than associations held together by nothing but the glue of postage stamps. If you can't see or…

— John Steinbeck

“Critics are the eunuchs of literature. They stand by in envious awe while the whole man and his partner demonstrate the art…

— John Steinbeck

All men are moral. Only their neighbors are not.

— John Steinbeck

A man on a horse is spiritually, as well as physically, bigger then a man on foot.

— John Steinbeck

The camera is one of the most frightening of modern weapons, particularly to people who have been in warfare, who have been…

— John Steinbeck

The Hebrew word, the word timshel - 'Thou mayest' - that gives a choice. It might be the most important word in…

— John Steinbeck

The techniques of opening conversation are universal. I knew long ago and rediscovered that the best way to attract attention, help, and…

— John Steinbeck

This was an evil beyond thinking. The killing of a man was not so evil as the killing of a boat. For…

— John Steinbeck

Thou mayest rule over sin,' Lee. That's it. I do not believe all men are destroyed. I can name you a dozen…

— John Steinbeck

I find it valid to understand man as an animal before I am prepared to know him as a man.

— John Steinbeck

Men all do about the same thing when they wake up.

— John Steinbeck

...men in fear and hunger destroy their stomachs in the fight to secure certain food, where men hungering for love destroy everything…

— John Steinbeck

Men do change, and change comes like a little wind that ruffles the curtains at dawn, and it comes like the stealthy…

— John Steinbeck

What freedom men and women could have, were they not constantly tricked and trapped and enslaved and tortured by their sexuality! The…

— John Steinbeck

It is strange how a man believes he can think better in a special place. I have such a place, have always…

— John Steinbeck

In uncertainty I am certain that underneath their topmost layers of frailty men want to be good and want to be loved.

— John Steinbeck

A book is like a man - clever and dull, brave and cowardly, beautiful and ugly.

— John Steinbeck

To a man born without conscience, a soul-stricken man must seem ridiculous. To a criminal, honesty is foolish. You must not forget…

— John Steinbeck

The warfare between the unaroused male and female is constant and ferocious. Each blames the other for his loss of soul.

— John Steinbeck

But think of the glory of the choice! That makes a man a man. A cat has no choice, a bee must…

— John Steinbeck

The dairy man had a Ph.D. in mathematics, and he must have had some training in philosophy. He liked what he was…

— John Steinbeck

Men really do need sea-monsters in their personal oceans

— John Steinbeck

We have never understood why men mount the heads of animals and hang them up to look down on their conquerers. Possibly…

— John Steinbeck