John Steinbeck Quotes about Giving

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If you want to destroy a nation, give it too much - make it greedy, miserable and sick.

If you want to destroy a nation, give it too much - make it greedy, miserable and sick.

John Steinbeck

Simple, Giving, Sick

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 man. For if ‘Thou mayest’—it is also true that ‘Thou mayest not.

John Steinbeck

Men, Eden, Giving

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

Unless a reviewer has the courage to give you unqualified praise, I say ignore the bastard.

John Steinbeck

Giving, Unqualified, Praise

"The Affluent Society". Book by John Kenneth Galbraith. Introduction, 1977.

But you must give him some sign, some sign that you love him... or he'll never be a man. All his life he'll feel guilty and alone unless you release him.

John Steinbeck

Men, Giving, Guilty

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

Men, Thinking, Giving

John Steinbeck (2002). “East of Eden”, p.234, Penguin

Give a critic an inch, he'll write a play.

John Steinbeck

Writing, Play, Giving

"Writers at Work: The Paris Review Interviews, Fourth Series". Book edited by George Plimpton. Chapter "On Critics", 1977.

For it is said that humans are never satisfied, that you give them one thing and they want something more. And this is said in disparagement, whereas it is one of the greatest talents the species has and one that has made it superior to animals that are satisfied with what they have.

John Steinbeck

Animal, Want Something, Giving

John Steinbeck (1993). “The Pearl”, p.31, Penguin

A strange species we are, We can stand anything God and nature can throw at us save only plenty. If I wanted to destroy a nation, I would give it too much, and I would have it on its knees, miserable, greedy, sick. --John Steinbeck to Adlai Stevenson

John Steinbeck

Giving, Sick, Knees

John Steinbeck (2003). “America and Americans and Selected Nonfiction”, p.97, Penguin

John Steinbeck Quotes about Giving

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