• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 

1. black
2. grey
3. blue
4. red
5. brown
6. white

Only mediocrity escapes criticism.

John Steinbeck

Related Topics

EscapeLife

Popular Authors

Marilyn Monroe Paulo Coelho Abraham Lincoln C. S. Lewis Khalil Gibran Charlie Chaplin Gautama Buddha Isaac Newton

Prevoius| Next

More John Steinbeck Quotes

• 

  When two people meet, each one is changed by the other so you’ve got two new people.

  JOHN STEINBECK
  ChangeDeepPeoplePhilosophy
• 

  There’s a responsibility in being a person. It’s more than just taking up space where air would be.

  JOHN STEINBECK
  PersonResponsibilitySpace
• 

  American married life is the doormat to the whorehouse.

  JOHN STEINBECK
  LifeMarriageSex
• 

  Maybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other.

  JOHN STEINBECK
  Lonely PeopleWorld
• 

  An answer is invariably the parent of a whole family of new questions.

  JOHN STEINBECK
  FamilyParents
• 

  I was born lost and take no pleasure in being found.

  JOHN STEINBECK
  BornLostMyself
• 

  It’s almost impossible to read a fine thing without wanting to do a fine thing.

  JOHN STEINBECK
  ImpossibleReading
• 

  It’s a hard thing to leave any deeply routine life, even if you hate it.

  JOHN STEINBECK
  HateLeavingLife
• 

  I am happy to report that in the war between reality and romance, reality is not the stronger.

  JOHN STEINBECK
  RealityRomanceWar
• 

  Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.

  JOHN STEINBECK
  AnimalCoupleIdeasInspirationalWisdom
• 

  If you understand each other you will be kind to each other.

  JOHN STEINBECK
  KindLoveUnderstand
• 

  There’s nothing in the world like that first taste of beer.

  JOHN STEINBECK
  AlcoholTasteWorld
• 

  If 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 STEINBECK
  LastListeningMyselfRuleStory
• 

  The final weapon is the brain, all else is supplemental.

  JOHN STEINBECK
  BrainWeapons
• 

  In poverty she is envious. In riches she may be a snob. Money does not change the sickness, only the symptoms.

  JOHN STEINBECK
  AnimalChangeHerselfMoneySickness
• 

  I believe that love cannot be bought except with love.

  JOHN STEINBECK
  BelieveLoveMyself