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John Steinbeck Quotes - Page 12

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I have named the destroyers of nations: comfort, plenty, and security - out of which grow a bored and slothful cynicism, in which rebellion against the world as it is, and myself as I am, are submerged in listless

I have named the destroyers of nations: comfort, plenty, and security - out of which grow a bored and slothful cynicism, in which rebellion against the world as it is, and myself as I am, are submerged in listless self-satisfaction.

Self, Bored, Sloth

John Steinbeck (2003). “America and Americans and Selected Nonfiction”, p.318, Penguin

Texas has a tight cohesiveness perhaps stronger than any other section of America.

Texas, America, Stronger

John Steinbeck (1980). “Travels with Charley in Search of America”, p.125, Penguin

I hold that a writer who does not passionately believe in the perfectibility of man has no dedication nor any membership in literature.

Believe, Men, Dedication

John Steinbeck (2003). “America and Americans and Selected Nonfiction”, p.146, Penguin

We could live offa the fatta the lan'.

Mice

John Steinbeck (2009). “The Short Novels of John Steinbeck: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.236, Penguin

It seems to me Montana is a great splash of grandeur. The scale is huge but not overpowering. The land is rich with grass and color, and the mountains are the kind I would create if mountains were ever put on my agenda.

Color, Land, Mountain

John Steinbeck (2007). “Travels with Charley and Later Novels, 1947-1962”

When we get these thruways across the whole country, as we will and must, it will be possible to drive from New York to California without seeing a single thing.

Country, Travel, New York

John Steinbeck (1980). “Travels with Charley in Search of America”, p.54, Penguin

There is comfort in routine.

Comfort, Routine

John Steinbeck (2008). “Sweet Thursday”, p.144, Penguin

Every man in a bank hates what the bank does and yet the bank does it.

Hate, Men, Doe

John Steinbeck (2006). “The Grapes of Wrath”, p.81, Penguin

...no gift will ever buy back a man's love when you have removed his self-love.

Men, Self, Self Love

John Steinbeck (2002). “East of Eden”, p.363, Penguin

Saints can spring from any soil.

Spring, Saint, Soil

John Steinbeck (1952). “East of Eden, And, The Wayward Bus”

I guess I'm trying to say, Grab anything that goes by. It may not come around again.

Trying, May

John Steinbeck (2008). “The Winter of Our Discontent”, p.158, Penguin

Riches seem to come to the poor in spirit, the poor in interest and joy. To put it straight - the very rich are a poor bunch of bastards

Joy, Riches, Spirit

John Steinbeck (2002). “East of Eden”, p.510, Penguin

What hidden, hoarded longings there are in all of us.

Longing

John Steinbeck (2007). “Travels with Charley and Later Novels, 1947-1962”

life passes by in a wink so try to never miss a moment of it

Missing, Trying, Moments

If you want to keep a friend, never test him.

Want, Tests, Ifs

John Steinbeck (2008). “The Winter of Our Discontent”, p.138, Penguin

What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness? You only truly, deeply appreciate and are grateful for something when you compare and contrast it to something worse.

Summer, Gratitude, Grateful

I have wondered why is it that some people are less affected and torn by the verities of life and death that others.

People, Life And Death, Torn

John Steinbeck (2002). “East of Eden”, p.255, Penguin

There's a capacity for appetite... that a whole heaven and earth of cake can't satisfy

Cake, Heaven, Earth

John Steinbeck (2002). “East of Eden”, p.138, Penguin

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.

Feelings, Doe, Action

John Steinbeck (2008). “The Winter of Our Discontent”, p.107, Penguin

You're buying years of work, toil in the sun; you're buying a sorrow that can't talk.

Years, Sorrow, Toil

John Steinbeck (2016). “The Grapes of Wrath”, p.68, Hamilton Books

Within that frame he went a long way and burned a deep scar.

Long, Way, Scar

John Steinbeck (1995). “The Log from the Sea of Cortez”, p.221, Penguin

I'll want to hear,' Samuel said. 'I eat stories like grapes.

Want, Stories, Said

John Steinbeck (2002). “East of Eden”, p.148, Penguin

... a man is a very important thing-maybe more important than a star.

Stars, Men, Important

John Steinbeck (2002). “East of Eden”, p.265, Penguin

My whole work drive has been aimed at making people understand each other. . .

People, Whole, Has Beens

John Steinbeck, Thomas Fensch (1988). “Conversations with John Steinbeck”, p.38, Univ. Press of Mississippi

Life could not change the sun or water the desert, so it changed itself.

Water, Desert, Sun

John Steinbeck (1980). “Travels with Charley in Search of America”, p.120, Penguin

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