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Most Quotes by John Steinbeck
- I do want to make it very convincing. And the best way to do that is to put most of it in dialogue.
- You are not a man anymore. You are a soldier. Your comfort is of no importance and your life isn't of much importance. Most of…
- We may be thankful that frightened civil authorities ... have not managed to eradicate from the country the tradition of the possession and use of…
- The object of love is the best and most beautiful. Try to live up to it.
- I wish to God I knew as much about writing as I did when I was 19. I was absolutely certain about most things then.…
- The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in the world. And he must hold to this illusion even…
- After the bare requisites to living and reproducing, man wants most to leave some record of himself, a proof, perhaps, that he has really existed.…
- But the Hebrew word, the word timshel—‘Thou mayest’— that gives a choice. It might be the most important word in the world. That says the…
- People who are most afraid of their dreams convince themselves they don't dream at all.
- For the most part people are not curious except about themselves.
- Like most modern people, I don't believe in prophecy or magic and then spend half my time practicing it.
- The free exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world.
- And this I believe: that the free, exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world. And this I would…
- 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…
- Thou mayest rule over sin,’ Lee. That’s it. I do not believe all men are destroyed. I can name you a dozen who were not,…
- The Hebrew word, the word timshel - 'Thou mayest' - that gives a choice. It might be the most important word in the world. That…
- 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…
- In uncertainty I am certain that underneath their topmost layers of frailty men want to be good and want to be loved. Indeed most of…
- This I believe: That the free, exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world. And this I would fight…
- And this I believe: that the free, exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world. And this I would…
More Most Quotes
- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
- The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution. — Hannah Arendt
- No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our history has… — Hannah Arendt
- The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes. — Aristotle
- Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion. — Aristotle
- The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons. — Aristotle
- Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved. — Aristotle
- For as the eyes of bats are to the blaze of day, so is the reason in our soul to the things… — Aristotle
- Most people would rather give than get affection. — Aristotle
- What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue… — Aristotle
- My mother is the coolest, most amazing person I know. — J. J. Abrams
- The most deeply personal of my works are the non-fiction works, the autobiographical works, because there, I'm talking about myself very directly. — Paul Auster