KeenBrain
KeenBrain
KeenBrain

John Steinbeck Quotes


Share this page on

Quotes by John Steinbeck

Showing 21-30 of 42 Quotes by John Steinbeck

Man, unlike anything organic or inorganic in the universe, grows beyond his work, walks up the stairs of his concepts, emerges ahead of his accomplishments.

~John Steinbeck

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in the world. And he must hold to this illusion even when he knows it is not true.

~John Steinbeck

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


No man really knows about other human beings. The best he can do is to suppose that they are like himself.

~John Steinbeck

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Syntax, my lad. It has been restored to the highest place in the republic.

~John Steinbeck

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


It has always been my private conviction that any man who puts his intelligence up against a fish and loses had it coming.

~John Steinbeck

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the morning after the committee of sleep has worked on it.

~John Steinbeck

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


We spend our time searching for security and hate it when we get it.

~John Steinbeck

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


No one wants advice - only corroboration.

~John Steinbeck

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


I've lived in good climate, and it bores the hell out of me. I like weather rather than climate.

~John Steinbeck

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


So in our pride we ordered for breakfast an omelet, toast and coffee and what has just arrived is a tomato salad with onions, a dish of pickles, a big slice of watermelon and two bottles of cream soda.

~John Steinbeck

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: February 27th, 1902

Died: December 20th, 1968

Links

Find John Steinbeck on Amazon

Related Authors

Leo Buscaglia
Joseph Campbell
Frederick Douglass
H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Helen Keller
Henry David Thoreau
Mark Twain
Zig Ziglar

Popular Authors

Kofi Annan Agatha Christie Anthony J. D'Angelo Elizabeth I C. S. Lewis Demetri Martin Carl Sagan Sophocles

Change your beliefs...change your life.

Get a related quote or insight every day.

(it's 100% free)

Follow Us On

Today's Birthdays

1588 - Thomas Hobbes

1856 - Booker T. Washington

1937 - Colin Powell

1816 - Samuel Freeman Miller

1827 - Joseph Lister

1834 - Frank Richard Stockton

1837 - Algernon Charles Swinburne

1883 - Walter Huston

1900 - Spencer Tracy

1901 - Melvyn Douglas

Birthdays on April 5th
All Birthdays

Popular Topics

Art Death Failure Great Independence Money Music Science