All John Steinbeck Quotes
- And this you can know- fear the time when Manself will not suffer and die for a concept, for this one quality is man, distinctive… Concept
- Ah, the prayers of the millions, how they must fight and destroy each other on their way to the throne of God. Ah
- A water snake glided smoothly up the pool, twisting its periscope head from side to side; and it swam the length of the pool and… Beak
- The direction of a big act will warp history, but probably all acts do the same in their degree, down to a stone stepped over… Act
- To a man born without conscience, a soul-stricken man must seem ridiculous. To a criminal, honesty is foolish. You must not forget that a monster… Born
- We could live offa the fatta the lan'. Fatta
- But think of the glory of the choice! That makes a man a man. A cat has no choice, a bee must make honey. There's… Bee
- A guy needs somebody―to be near him. A guy goes nuts if he ain't got nobody. Don't make no difference who the guy is, long's… Difference
- The church and the whorehouse arrived in the Far West simultaneously. And each would have been horrified to think it was a different facet of… Accomplish
- A kind of light spread out from her. And everything changed color. And the world opened out. And a day was good to awaken to.… Afraid
- What freedom men and women could have, were they not constantly tricked and trapped and enslaved and tortured by their sexuality! The only drawback in… Constantly
- Trouble with mice is you always kill 'em. Always Kill
- His ear heard more than what was said to him, and his slow speech had overtones not of thought, but of understanding beyond thought. Beyond
- And, of course, people are interested only in themselves. If a story is not about the hearer he will not listen. Course
- Do you take pride in your hurt? Does it make you seem large and tragic? ...Well, think about it. Maybe you're playing a part on… Audience
- This was an evil beyond thinking. The killing of a man was not so evil as the killing of a boat. For a boat does… Beyond
- You can boast about anything if it's all you have. Maybe the less you have, the more you are required to boast. All
- I think there must have been some other girl printed somewhere in his heart, for he was a man of love and his wife was… Been
- It is the hour of pearl—the interval between day and night when time stops and examines itself. Day
- Money is not nice. Money got no friends but more money. Friends
- To be alive at all is to have scars. Alive
- You know most people live ninety per cent in the past, seven per cent in the present, and that only leaves them three per cent… Cent
- We can shoot rockets into space but we can't cure anger or discontent. Anger
- Only God sees the sparrow fall, but even God doesn't do anything about it. Even God
- Time interval is a strange and contradictory matter in the mind. It would be reasonable to suppose that a routine time or an eventless time… All