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John Steinbeck quotes

American Author February 27, 1902 – December 20, 1968

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Hazel grew up - did four years in grammar school, four years in reform school, and didn't learn a thing in either place. Reform schools are supposed to teach viciousness and criminality but Hazel didn't pay enough attention. John Steinbeck
I guess she's just nuts,' he said. 'And if she's nuts, a guy's got to do nuts things. You don't think you could say the hell with her? John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck quote: "Man is the only kind of varmint sets his own trap, baits it,..."
Man is the only kind of varmint sets his own trap, baits it, then steps in it. John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck quote: "Unless a reviewer has the courage to give you unqualified..."
Unless a reviewer has the courage to give you unqualified praise, I say ignore the bastard. John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck quote: "He learned that when people are very poor they still have..."
He learned that when people are very poor they still have something to give and the impulse to give it. John Steinbeck
A water snake glided smoothly up the pool, twisting its periscope head from side to side; and it swam the length of the pool and came to the legs of a motionless heron that stood in the shadows. A silent head and beak lanced down and plucked it out by the head, and the beak swallowed the little snake while its tail waved frantically. John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck quote: "Fark bir kiidedir, tek bana bir kiide... Yegane g, bir tek..."
Fark bir kiidedir, tek bana bir kiide... Yegane g, bir tek sendedir. Baka hibir eye gvenemezsin. John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck quote: "Perhaps it takes courage to raise children.."
Perhaps it takes courage to raise children.. John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck quote: "Thou art a peanut."
Thou art a peanut. 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
But think of the glory of the choice! That makes a man a man. A cat has no choice, a bee must make honey. There's no godliness there. John Steinbeck
The words are meaningless except in terms of feeling. Does anyone act as the result of thought or does feeling stimulate action and sometimes thought implement it. John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck quote: "Montana seems to me to be what a small boy would think Texas..."
Montana seems to me to be what a small boy would think Texas is like from hearing Texans John Steinbeck
Could it be that Americans are a restless people, a mobile people, never satisfied with where they are as a matter of selection? The pioneers, the immigrants who peopled the continent, were the restless ones in Europe. The steady rooted ones stayed home and are still there. But every one of us...are descended from the restless ones, the wayward ones who were not content to stay at home. Wouldn't it be unusual if we had not inherited this tendency? And the fact is that we have. John Steinbeck
I'll be ever'where–wherever you look. Wherever they's a fight so hungry people can eat, I'll be there. Wherever they's a cop beatin' up a guy, I'll be there..An' when our folks eat the stuff they raise an' live in the houses the build–why I'll be there. John Steinbeck

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