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Say Quotes by John Steinbeck
- We have not known a single great scientist who could not discourse freely and interestingly with a child. Can it be that haters of clarity…
- It is not enough to say that we cannot know or judge because all the information is not in. The process of gathering knowledge does…
- 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 some of the…
- 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…
- I start out to write five days a week, and then it runs to six days and finally seven. Then, eventually, that wave of weariness…
- Only let a man say that he will do something and a whole mechanism goes to work to stop him.
- Unless a reviewer has the courage to give you unqualified praise, I say ignore the bastard.
- I guess I'm trying to say, Grab anything that goes by. It may not come around again.
- Let's say that when I was a little baby, and all my bones soft and malleable, I was put in a small Episcopal cruciform box…
- Look now -- in all of history men have been taught that killing of men is an evil thing not to be countenanced. Any man…
- The people say that the two seemed to be removed from human experience; that they had gone through pain and had come out on the…
- This you may say of man - when theories change and crash, when schools, philosophies, when narrow dark alleys of thought, national, religious, economic, grow…
- We are lonesome animals. We spend all our life trying to be less lonesome. One of our ancient methods is to tell a story begging…
- It’s all fine to say, “Time will heal everything, this too shall pass away. People will forget”—and things like that when you are not involved,…
- And then we take a soldier and put murder in his hands and we say to him, "Use it well, use it wisely.
- There are people who will say that this whole account is a lie, but a thing isn't necessarily a lie even if it didn't necessarily…
- A man with a beard was always a little suspect anyway. You couldn't say you wore a beard because you liked a beard. People didn't…
- Maybe there ain't no sin and there ain't no virtue, they's just what people does. Some things folks do is nice and some ain't so…
More Say Quotes
- With a goose-quill and a few sheets of paper, I mock myself of the universe. They say I am the son of… — Pietro Aretino
- Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. — Aristophanes
- I will undoubtedly have to seek what is happily known as gainful employment, which I am glad to say does not describe… — Dean Acheson
- Live never to be ashamed if anything you say or do is published around the world, even if what is said is… — Richard Bach
- I would definitely say the Oakland Raiders are the punk rock band of football. — Billie Joe Armstrong
- Compassion is not a popular virtue. Very often when I talk to religious people, and mention how important it is that compassion… — Karen Armstrong
- My mom was such a strong character. I don't want to say she was like a man, but she was tough. — Lance Armstrong
- I can honestly say - and it's a big surprise to me - that I have never had a dream about being… — Neil Armstrong
- I grew up in a working-class family, so I guess you could say I write from what I know. — Andrea Arnold
- I try to live my life where I end up at a point where I have no regrets. So I try to… — Darren Aronofsky
- Writing comes more easily if you have something to say. — Sholem Asch
- We must have a theme, a goal, a purpose in our lives. If you don't know where you're aiming, you don't have… — Mary Kay Ash