John Steinbeck Quotes

John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck
American Author
Born: Feb 27, 1902
Died: Dec 20, 1968
Believe Does Get Man Time You
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Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts... perhaps the fear of a loss of power. John Steinbeck
Fear Corrupts Power Corrupt Perhaps Does Loss
If you're in trouble, or hurt or need - go to the poor people. They're the only ones that'll help - the only ones. John Steinbeck
You Hurt People Trouble Only Go Poor Poor People Help Need
A sad soul can kill quicker than a germ. John Steinbeck
Sad Soul Germ Quicker Than
I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that there are as few as there are any other great artists. Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit. John Steinbeck
Teacher Great Mind Few Believe Great Artist Other Medium Spirit Since Come Great Teacher Greatest Any Artist Human Artists Arts Might Human Mind Teaching Even
A journey is a person in itself; no two are alike. And all plans, safeguards, policing, and coercion are fruitless. We find that after years of struggle that we do not take a trip; a trip takes us. John Steinbeck
Journey Travel Struggle Alike Find Trip Take Takes Safeguards Policing Years Itself Person After Fruitless Us Plans Coercion Two
I've seen a look in dogs' eyes, a quickly vanishing look of amazed contempt, and I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts. John Steinbeck
Eyes Seen Think Nuts Vanishing Look Contempt Am Amazed Dogs Quickly Convinced Humans Basically
Men do change, and change comes like a little wind that ruffles the curtains at dawn, and it comes like the stealthy perfume of wildflowers hidden in the grass. John Steinbeck
Change Men Wind Grass Hidden Dawn Like Perfume Curtains Little
It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the morning after the committee of sleep has worked on it. John Steinbeck
Wisdom Morning Experience Problem Difficult Resolved Committee Common After Worked Night Sleep
One can find so many pains when the rain is falling. John Steinbeck
Rain Find Falling Pains Many
I am impelled, not to squeak like a grateful and apologetic mouse, but to roar like a lion out of pride in my profession. John Steinbeck
Lion Grateful Pride Out Impelled Roar Like Am Mouse Apologetic Profession
In utter loneliness a writer tries to explain the inexplicable. John Steinbeck
Loneliness Tries Writer Inexplicable Explain Utter
Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen. John Steinbeck
You Pretty Soon Like Ideas Couple Learn How Handle Get Rabbits Them Dozen
No man really knows about other human beings. The best he can do is to suppose that they are like himself. John Steinbeck
Best Man Other About He Suppose Like Himself Knows Human Human Beings Really Beings
It has always been my private conviction that any man who puts his intelligence up against a fish and loses had it coming. John Steinbeck
Man Intelligence Conviction Had Puts Always Coming Fish Private Loses Been His Up Any Against Who
Where does discontent start? You are warm enough, but you shiver. You are fed, yet hunger gnaws you. You have been loved, but your yearning wanders in new fields. And to prod all these there's time, the Bastard Time. John Steinbeck
Time You Enough Hunger Fed New Does Discontent Yearning Been Where Loved Fields Warm Prod Your Start
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 when he knows it is not true. John Steinbeck
World Illusion Important Believe Must Writer He True Most Most Important Thing Knows Important Thing Doing The Most Important Hold Even Thing
In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage. John Steinbeck
People Wrath Souls Heavy Grapes Growing Filling Vintage
Time is the only critic without ambition. John Steinbeck
Time Ambition Critic Only Without
The profession of book writing makes horse racing seem like a solid, stable business. John Steinbeck
Business Book Writing Book Writing Solid Seem Horse Horse Racing Like Makes Stable Racing Profession
It is true that we are weak and sick and ugly and quarrelsome but if that is all we ever were, we would millenniums ago have disappeared from the face of the earth. John Steinbeck
Ugly Face Sick Earth Weak Would Disappeared True Quarrelsome Were Ever
It seems to me that if you or I must choose between two courses of thought or action, we should remember our dying and try so to live that our death brings no pleasure on the world. John Steinbeck
Death Me You World Remember Try Thought Action Live Our Pleasure Must Seems Between Courses Dying Should Choose Brings Two
I've lived in good climate, and it bores the hell out of me. I like weather rather than climate. John Steinbeck
Good Me Weather Hell Out Bores Rather Like Climate Than Lived
Unless a reviewer has the courage to give you unqualified praise, I say ignore the bastard. John Steinbeck
You Courage Unless Say Unqualified Give Praise Reviewer Ignore
Man, unlike anything organic or inorganic in the universe, grows beyond his work, walks up the stairs of his concepts, emerges ahead of his accomplishments. John Steinbeck
Work Man Walks Organic Universe Unlike Inorganic Emerges Beyond Concepts His Accomplishments Up Anything Stairs Grows
A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it. John Steinbeck
Journey You Marriage Control Think Way Wrong Like Certain Certain Way
These words dropped into my childish mind as if you should accidentally drop a ring into a deep well. I did not think of them much at the time, but there came a day in my life when the ring was fished up out of the well, good as new. John Steinbeck
Life Time Good Day You Words Mind My Life Drop Childish Think Out Ring Dropped New Well Accidentally Came Up Did Them Much Should Deep
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