And finally, in our time a beard is the one thing that a woman cannot do better than a man, or if she can her success is assured only in a circus.
JOHN STEINBECKThe nicest thing in the world you can do for anybody is let them help you.
More John Steinbeck Quotes
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An unbelieved truth can hurt a man much more than a lie. It takes great courage to back truth unacceptable to our times. There’s a punishment for it, and it’s usually crucifixion.
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Perhaps the best conversationalist in the world is the man who helps others to talk.
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The great companies did not know that the line between hunger and anger is a thin line.
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Maybe the hardest thing in writing is simply to tell the truth about things as we see them.
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If you’re in trouble, or hurt or need – go to the poor people. They’re the only ones that’ll help – the only ones.
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A sad soul can kill quicker than a germ.
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It’s a hard thing to leave any deeply routine life, even if you hate it.
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If you understand each other you will be kind to each other.
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I know now why confusion in government is not only tolerated but encouraged. I have learned. Confused people can make no clear demands.
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I am happy to report that in the war between reality and romance, reality is not the stronger.
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There’s nothing in the world like that first taste of beer.
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Books are the best friends you can have; they inform you, and entertain you, and they don’t talk back.
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Many a trip continues long after movement in time and space have ceased.
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Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.
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All war is a symptom of man’s failure as a thinking animal.
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