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Once Quotes by John Steinbeck
- In business and in politics a man must carve and maul his way through men to get to be King of the Mountain. Once there,…
- But whereas a puppy will cringe away or roll on its back, groveling, a little boy may cover his shyness with nonchalance, with bravado, or…
- Niagara Falls is very nice. I'm very glad I saw it, because from now on if I am asked whether I have seen Niagara Falls…
- Once I knew the City very well, spent my attic days there, while others were being a lost generation in Paris, I fledged in San…
- [Cannery Row's] inhabitants are, as the man once said, 'whores, pimps, gamblers, and sons of bitches,' by which he meant everybody. Had the man looked…
- Our species is the only creative species, and it has only one creative instrument, the individual mind and spirit of man. Nothing was ever created…
- When Kino had finished, Juana came back to the fire and ate her breakfast. They had spoken once, but there is not need for speech…
- New York is an ugly city, a dirty city. Its climate is a scandal, its politics are used to frighten children, its traffic is madness,…
- Once Charley fell in love with a dachshund, a romance racially unsuitable, physically ridiculous, and mechanically impossible. But all these problems Charley ignored. He loved…
- Free men cannot start a war, but once it is started, they can fight on in defeat. Herd men, followers of a leader, cannot do…
- The redwoods, once seen, leave a mark or create a vision that stays with you always. No one has ever successfully painted or photographed a…
- Once you have lived in New York and made it your home, no place else is good enough
- 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…
- My wife, my Mary, goes to her sleep the way you would close the door of a closet. So many times I have watched her…
- When I was very young and the urge to be someplace was on me, I was assured by mature people that maturity would cure this…
More Once Quotes
- It is in the very nature of things human that every act that has once made its appearance and has been recorded… — Hannah Arendt
- No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes. On the contrary, whatever the punishment, once… — Hannah Arendt
- On the field, blacks have been able to be super giants. But, once our playing days are over, this is the end… — Hank Aaron
- The spirit of Ubuntu, that once led Haiti to emerge as the first independent black nation in 1804, helped Venezuela, Colombia and… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make their appearance in the world. — Aristotle
- I guess I wanted to leave America for awhile. It wasn't that I wanted to become an expatriate, or just never come… — Paul Auster
- Some choices we live not only once but a thousand times over, remembering them for the rest of our lives. — Richard Bach
- That money talks, I'll not deny, I heard it once: It said, 'Goodbye'. — Richard Armour
- The thing about punk is that there are purists. Once you start going outside of that, they don't think what you're doing… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- Part of the inhumanity of the computer is that, once it is competently programmed and working smoothly, it is completely honest. — Isaac Asimov
- The Steps to Folly as well as Sin are gradual, and almost imperceptible, and when we are once on the Decline, we… — Mary Astell
- Once you become predictable, no one's interested anymore. — Chet Atkins