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John Steinbeck Quotes

John Steinbeck quotes about great

American Author February 27, 1902 – December 20, 1968

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In business and in politics a man must carve and maul his way through men to get to be King of the Mountain. Once there, he can be great and kind--but he must get there first. John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck quote: "I know a little bit about a great many things and not enough..."
I know a little bit about a great many things and not enough about any one to make a living in these times. John Steinbeck
If then this tendency toward collectivization is a mutation there is no reason to suppose it is for the better. It is a rule in paleontology that ornamentation and complication precede extinction. And our mutation, of which the assembly line, the collective farm, the mechanized army, and the mass production of food are evidences or even symptoms, might well correspond to the thickening armor of the great reptiles—a tendency that can end only in extinction. John Steinbeck
There you have the difference between greatness and mediocrity. It's not an uncommon disease. But it's nice for a mediocre man to know that greatness must be the loneliest state in the world. John Steinbeck
He has come to be the great man he thought he wanted to be. If this is true, then he is not a man. He is still a little boy and wants the moon. John Steinbeck
The great artists of finance like Morgan and Rockefeller weren't deflected. They wanted and got money, just simple money. What they did with it afterward is another matter. I've always felt they got scared of the ghost they raised and tried to buy it off. John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck quote: "All great and precious things are lonely."
All great and precious things are lonely. John Steinbeck
If a story is not about the hearer he [or she] will not listen . . . A great lasting story is about everyone or it will not last. The strange and foreign is not interesting--only the deeply personal and familiar. John Steinbeck
Somewhere in the world there is a defeat for everyone. Some are destroyed by defeat, and some made small and mean by victory. Greatness lives in one who triumphs equally over defeat and victory. John Steinbeck
And the people listened, and their faces were quiet with listening. The story tellers, gathering attention into their tales, spoke in great rhythms, spoke in great words because the tales were great, and the listeners became great through them. John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck quote: "There is a great deal to be seen in the tilt of a hat on a man."
There is a great deal to be seen in the tilt of a hat on a man. John Steinbeck
If a story is not about the hearer, he will not listen. And here I make a rule—a great and interesting story is about everyone or it will not last. John Steinbeck

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