All John Steinbeck Quotes
- The sad ones are those who waste their energy in trying to hold it back, for they can only feel bitterness in loss and no… Bitterness
- A question is a trap and an answer is your foot in it. Answer
- Some men are friends with the whole world in their hearts, and there are others that hate themselves and spread their hatred around like butter… Around Like
- Yes, you should talk," he said. "Sometimes a sad man can talk the sadness right out through his mouth. Sometimes a killin' man can talk… Killin
- When you collect marine animals there are certain flat worms so delicate that they are almost impossible to catch whole for they will break and… Almost Impossible
- In poverty she is envious. In riches she may be a snob. Money does not change the sickness, only the symptoms Change
- Once you have lived in New York and made it your home, no place else is good enough Good
- Learning to read is probably the most difficult and revolutionary thing that happens to the human brain and if you don't believe that, watch an… Adult
- Somewhere in the world there is a defeat for everyone. Some are destroyed by defeat, and some made small and mean by victory. Greatness lives… Defeat
- I have seen too many men go down, and I never permit myself to forget that one day, through accident or under the charge of… Accident
- Act out being alive, like a play. And after a while, a long while, it will be true. Act
- A strange species we are, We can stand anything God and nature can throw at us save only plenty. If I wanted to destroy a… Adlai
- If a man ordered a beer milkshake he'd better do it in a town where he wasn't known. Beer
- It was deeply a part of Lee's kindness and understanding that man's right to kill himself is inviolable, but sometimes a friend can make it… Deeply
- Then it is better, sir, to love whom one cannot have?" "Probably better," Lancelot said. "Certainly safer. Better
- For every man in the world functions to the best of his ability, and no one does less than his best, no matter what he… Ability
- He had an idea that even when beaten he could steal a little victory by laughing at defeat. Beaten
- The last clear definite function of men—muscles aching to work, minds aching to create beyond the single need—this is man. Aching
- Again it might have been the American tendency in travel. One goes, not so much to see but to tell afterward. Afterward
- A plan is a real thing, and things projected are experienced. A plan once made and visualized becomes reality along with other realities—never to be… Along
- We find after years of struggle that we do not take a trip; a trip takes us. Find
- You never oughta drink water when it ain't runnin'. Drink
- Well, I never seen one guy take so much trouble for another guy. I just like to know what your interest is. Another Guy
- I can still tend the rabbits, George? I didn't mean no harm, George. George
- He never forgot anything but he never bothered to arrange his memories. -Hazel, Cannery Row Arrange