I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts.
JOHN STEINBECKI am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts.
JOHN STEINBECKIt 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 STEINBECKYou’re bound to get ideas if you go thinkin’ about stuff.
JOHN STEINBECKNo man really knows about other human beings. The best he can do is to suppose that they are like himself.
JOHN STEINBECKAnd 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 STEINBECKMaybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other.
JOHN STEINBECKThe free exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world.
JOHN STEINBECKAn 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.
JOHN STEINBECKI am happy to report that in the war between reality and romance, reality is not the stronger.
JOHN STEINBECKI shall revenge myself in the cruelest way you can imagine. I shall forget it.
JOHN STEINBECKIt’s almost impossible to read a fine thing without wanting to do a fine thing.
JOHN STEINBECKAnd, of course, people are interested only in themselves. If a story is not about the hearer he will not listen.
JOHN STEINBECKI know now why confusion in government is not only tolerated but encouraged. I have learned. Confused people can make no clear demands.
JOHN STEINBECKThere’s nothing in the world like that first taste of beer.
JOHN STEINBECKSocialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.
JOHN STEINBECKTeaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.
JOHN STEINBECK