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John Steinbeck quotes

American Author February 27, 1902 – December 20, 1968

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John Steinbeck quote: "Muscles aching to work, minds aching to create beyond the..."
Muscles aching to work, minds aching to create beyond the single need-this is man. John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck quote: "The profession of book writing makes horse racing seem like a..."
The profession of book writing makes horse racing seem like a solid, stable business. John Steinbeck
Lee’s hand shook as he filled the delicate cups. He drank his down in one gulp. “Don’t you see?” he cried. “The American Standard translation orders men to triumph over sin, and you can call sin ignorance. The King James translation makes a promise in ‘Thou shalt,’ meaning that men will surely triumph over sin. But the Hebrew word, the word timshel—‘Thou mayest’— that gives a choice. It might be the most important word in the world. That says the way is open. That throws it right back on a... John Steinbeck
Fella in business got to lie an' cheat, but he calls it somepin else. That's what's important. You go steal that tire an' you're a thief, but he tried to steal your four dollars for a busted tire. They call that sound business. John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck quote: "One can find so many pains when the rain is falling."
One can find so many pains when the rain is falling. John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck quote: "Ah, the prayers of the millions, how they must fight and..."
Ah, the prayers of the millions, how they must fight and destroy each other on their way to the throne of God. John Steinbeck
A man who is good for anything ought not to calculate the chance of living or dying; he only ought to consider whether he is doing right or wrong. John Steinbeck
Give me a used Bible and I will, I think, be able to tell you about a man by the places that are edged with the dirt of seeking fingers. 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
John Steinbeck quote: "He can kill anything for need but he could not even hurt a..."
He can kill anything for need but he could not even hurt a feeling for pleasure. John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck quote: "They's times when how you feel got to be kep' to yourself."
They's times when how you feel got to be kep' to yourself. John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck quote: "At the roadsides I never had a really good dinner or a really..."
At the roadsides I never had a really good dinner or a really bad breakfast. John Steinbeck
He did not know, and perhaps this doctor did. And he could not take the chance of pitting his certain ignorance against this man's possible knowledge. He was trapped as his people were always trapped, and would be until, as he had said, they could be sure that the things in the books ere really in the books. John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck quote: "And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good."
And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good. John Steinbeck
...They said I looked like a foreign devil; they said I spoke like a foreign devil. I made mistakes in manners, and I didn't know delicacies that had grown up since my father left. They wouldn't have me. You can believe it or not - I'm less foreign here than I was in China. John Steinbeck

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