This I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual.
JOHN STEINBECKThis I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual.
JOHN STEINBECKSometimes a man wants to be stupid if it lets him do a thing his cleverness forbids.
JOHN STEINBECKDon’t worry about losing. If it is right, it happens – The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.
JOHN STEINBECKThere’s nothing in the world like that first taste of beer.
JOHN STEINBECKWith all our horrors and faults, somewhere in us there is a shining.
JOHN STEINBECKWhen a man comes to die, no matter what his talents and influences and genius, if he dies unloved his life must be a failure to him and his dying a cold horror.
JOHN STEINBECKTime is the only critic without ambition.
JOHN STEINBECKOnly mediocrity escapes criticism.
JOHN STEINBECKGirls have a way of knowing or feeling what you feel, but they usually like to hear it also.
JOHN STEINBECKI believe that love cannot be bought except with love.
JOHN STEINBECKThe great companies did not know that the line between hunger and anger is a thin line.
JOHN STEINBECKIf a story is not about the hearer, he will not listen. And here I make a rule—a great and interesting story is about everyone or it will not last.
JOHN STEINBECKI believe a strong woman may be stronger than a man, particularly if she happens to have love in her heart. I guess a loving woman is indestructible.
JOHN STEINBECKAlways dream and shoot higher than you know you can do, Try to be better than yourself.
JOHN STEINBECKMy imagination will get me a passport to hell one day.
JOHN STEINBECKAmerican married life is the doormat to the whorehouse.
JOHN STEINBECK