Quotes about John steinbeck

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Our Father who art in nature, who has given the gift of survival to the coyote, the common brown rat, the English sparro — John Steinbeck, Cannery Row
Liza with her acceptance could take care of tragedy — she had no real hope this side of Heaven.
The weight of knowledge is too great for one mind to absorb. — John Steinbeck, East of Eden
Strength and success - they are above morality, above criticism. It seems, then, that it is not what you do, but how you — John Steinbeck, The Winter of Our Discontent
I guess we're all, or most of us, the wards of that nineteenth-century science which denied existence to anything it cou — John Steinbeck, The Winter of Our Discontent
Our people are good people — our people are kind people. Pray God some day kind people won't all be poor.
I became aware of Jews in my early teens, as I started to pick up the signals from the Christian church. Not that I was — Phillip Adams
Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless — peacocks and lilies for instance.
And the great owners, who must lose their land in an upheaval, the great owners with access to history, with eyes to rea — John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath
Money does not change the sickness, only the symptoms. — John Steinbeck, The Winter of Our Discontent
But you can't start. Only a baby can start. You and me - why, we're all that's been. The anger of a moment, the thousand — John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath
The one-eyed man watched them go, and then he went through the iron shed to his shack behind. It was dark inside. He fel — John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath
They got to live before they can afford to die. — John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath
An' I got to thinkin', on'y it wasn't thinkin', it was deeper down than thinkin'. — John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath
Some people think it’s an insult to the glory of their sickness to get well. — John Steinbeck, East of Eden
I believe that there is one story in the world, and only one, that has frightened and inspired us, so that we live in a — John Steinbeck, East of Eden
Sometimes a sad man can talk the sadness right out through his mouth. Sometimes a killin' man can talk the murder right — John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath
And I feel that I am a man. And I feel that a man is a very important thing - maybe more important than a star. This is — John Steinbeck, East of Eden
I do love her, and that’s odd because she is everything I detest in anyone else. — John Steinbeck, The Winter of Our Discontent
It's because I haven't courage,' said Samuel. 'I could never quite take the responsibility. When the Lord God did not ca — John Steinbeck, East of Eden