Famous Quotes by John Steinbeck

  • There used to be a thing or a commodity we put great store by. It was called the People. Find out... More
  • We are lonesome animals. We spend all our life trying to be less lonesome. One of our ancient... More
  • The discipline of the written word punishes both stupidity and dishonesty. More
  • Give a critic an inch, he’ll write a play. More
  • It is true that we are weak and sick and ugly and quarrelsome but if that is all we ever were, we... More
  • A book is like a man—clever and dull, brave and cowardly, beautiful and ugly. For every... More
  • Unless a reviewer has the courage to give you unqualified praise, I say ignore the bastard. More
  • Man, unlike anything organic or inorganic in the universe, grows beyond his work, walks up the... More
  • The techniques of opening conversation are universal. I knew long ago and rediscovered that the... More
  • A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it. More
  • Even while I protest the assembly-line production of our food, our songs, our language, and... More
  • The Mojave is a big desert and a frightening one. It’s as though nature tested a man for... More
  • The new American finds his challenge and his love in the traffic-choked streets, skies nested in... More
  • This monster of a land, this mightiest of nations, this spawn of the future, turns out to be the... More
  • When I was very young and the urge to be someplace was on me, I was assured by mature people that... More
  • Texas is a state of mind. Texas is an obsession. Above all, Texas is a nation in every sense of... More
  • Time is the only critic without ambition. More

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