Sin Quotes by John Steinbeck

Look now — in all of history men have been taught that killing of men is an evil thing not to be…

— John Steinbeck

There ain't no sin and there ain't no virtue. There's just stuff people do.

— John Steinbeck

It doesn't matter that Cathy was what I have called a monster. Perhaps we can't understand Cathy, but on the other hand…

— John Steinbeck

“I ain't never done nothin' that wasn't part sin.”

— John Steinbeck

Well, every little boy thinks he invented sin. Virtue we think we learn, because we are told about it. But sin is…

— John Steinbeck

Thou mayest rule over sin.

— 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

“It gives a fella relief to tell, but it jus' spreads out his sin.”

— 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

... every little boy thinks he invented sin.

— John Steinbeck

A fallow field is a sin.

— John Steinbeck

“She liked the idea so well that she felt there must be something bordering on sin involved in it.”

— John Steinbeck

There ain't no sin and there ain't no virtue. There's just stuff people do. It's all part of the same thing. And…

— John Steinbeck

“I remember clearly the deaths of three men. One was the richest man of the century, who, having clawed his way to…

— John Steinbeck

The ways of sin are curious . . . I guess if a man had to shuck off everything he had, inside…

— John Steinbeck