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Son Quotes by John Steinbeck
- The impulse of the American woman to geld her husband and castrate her sons is very strong.
- Why do men like me want sons? he wondered. It must be because they hope in their poor beaten souls that these new men, who…
- [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…
- 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…
More Son 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
- God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering. — Saint Augustine
- If the relationship of father to son could really be reduced to biology, the whole earth would blaze with the glory of… — James A. Baldwin
- Our most bitter enemies are our own kith and kin. Kings have no brothers, no sons, no mother! — Honore de Balzac
- I wanted to be a mechanic. When I was 14 I wanted to quit school and go work on my car. But… — Eric Bana
- I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. — John Adams
- My mother had a son from previous marriage and her husband died in Second World War. — Mikhail Baryshnikov
- We glorify the Holy Ghost together with the Father and the Son, from the conviction that He is not separated from the… — Saint Basil
- As we were baptized, so we profess our belief. As we profess our belief, so also we offer praise. As then baptism… — Saint Basil
- Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men; but their wisdom is confined to a few particulars, and lies… — Joseph Addison
- Ah, bless you, Sister, may all your sons be bishops. — Brendan Behan
- Go on daddy-daughter dates and father-and-sons' outings with your children. As a family, go on campouts and picnics, to ball games and… — Ezra Taft Benson