Human nature Quote by John Steinbeck Download Open image ““He had drawn a derogatory statement from George. He felt safe now.”” — John Steinbeck ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.0 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Human nature
“Safe? Who said anything about safe? ‘Course he isn’t safe. But he’s good.” — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
“After being loomed over and pressed menacingly against a wall, George had, while looking into those bloodshot eyes, truly feared for his life.” — C.J. Hill Copy Share Image
“So he held the words tightly inside, safe from ridicule, safe from harm..” — Lorraine Heath Copy Share Image
“George had been surprised by my ability to leave him. He had not seen that in me.” — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
“Don’t worry. I know we have our differences, but there’s a lot of mutual respect there. If he hesitates, I’ll sweet-talk him. He won’t… — Jonathan Stroud Copy Share Image
“George stood. “Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you; love her and she will watch over you.” The” — D. Camille Copy Share Image
“He said you were very dangerous." "No more dangerous than anyone else who dares to speak the truth.” — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
“Maybe George was fooling himself. Maybe old people always fooled themselves, pretending that the world was going to hell because it was easier than… — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
“There was even a small groundswell of sympathy for George, confined mainly among those who’d had no personal contact with him.” — Sharon Kay Penman Copy Share Image
Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit. My three [great teachers] did not… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
Prayer never brought in no side-meat. Takes a shoat to bring in pork. — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“And now submarines are armed with mass murder, our silly, only way of deterring mass murder.” — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“I’d think there are degrees of greatness,” Adam said. “I don’t think so,” said Samuel. “That would be like saying there is a little… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“He was forever inventing a new way of doing an old thing and doing it better and quicker, but he never in his whole… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“You come back a changed man. Samuel, you don’t change him. He changes you. I can see the look of him in your face.”… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
I find out of long experience that I admire all nations and hate all governments — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
At about 10 o'clock in the morning the sun threw a bright dust-laden bar through one of the side windows and in and out… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
I have noticed that there is no dissatisfaction like that of the rich. Feed a man, clothe him, put him in a good house,… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
Sometimes, a lie is told in kindness. I don't believe it ever works kindly. The quick pain of truth can pass away, but the… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
Nothing is so powerful as an insight into human nature... what compulsions drive a man, what instincts dominate his action. If you know these… — William Bernbach Copy Share Image
A Light exists in Spring Not present on the Year At any other period - When March is scarcely here A Color stands abroad… — Emily Dickinson Copy Share Image
“The aristocratic interiority is centered on the higher mind, the mens, the ajna chakra, the seat of intellect and intuition that commands the lower… — Julius Evola Copy Share Image
I think that most of us, anyway, read these stories that we know are not "true" because we're hungry for another kind of truth:… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
It is proposed that a form of free dialogue may well be one of the most effective ways of investigating the crisis which faces… — David Bohm Copy Share Image
Nothing brings out the lower traits of human nature like office-seeking. Men of good character and impulses are betrayed by it into all sorts… — Rutherford B. Hayes Copy Share Image
Selfishness is one of the principal fruits of the corruption of human nature; and it is obvious that selfishness disposes us to over-rate our… — William Wilberforce Copy Share Image
Though there may be people in your life that support you and encourage you we have to realize that people are only human, and… — Anurag Prakash Ray Copy Share Image
“I wasn't sure which I appreciated less—the insincere concern or the genuine indifference.” — Arthur Graham Copy Share Image
Time is the nervous system of narration, whether factual or fictive. If it gets confused some of the minutiae of human nature are certain… — Glenway Wescott Copy Share Image
