80+ John Steinbeck Quotes | Minimalist Quotes

No one wants advice – only corroboration.
JOHN STEINBECK

Advice Business Entrepreneur
You’re bound to get ideas if you go thinkin’ about stuff.
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Ideas Thinking Yourself
It’s almost impossible to read a fine thing without wanting to do a fine thing.
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Impossible Reading
If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck.
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Fight Military
If you want to destroy a nation, give it too much – make it greedy, miserable and sick.
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Giving Sick Simple
How can you frighten a man whose hunger is not only in his own cramped stomach but in the wretched bellies of his children? You can’t scare him–he has known a fear beyond every other.
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Anger Children Men
I shall revenge myself in the cruelest way you can imagine. I shall forget it.
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Forget Imagination Revenge Way
With all our horrors and faults, somewhere in us there is a shining.
JOHN STEINBECK

Mistake Ourselves Shine
Socialism is just another form of religion, and thus delusional.
JOHN STEINBECK

Illusion Religion Socialism
Write freely and as rapidly as possible and throw the whole thing on paper.
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Paper Whole Writing
And, of course, people are interested only in themselves. If a story is not about the hearer he will not listen.
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Himself Listening People Story
When 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.
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Death Failure Love Men Talent
A writer lives in awe of words, for they can be cruel or kind, and they can change their meanings right in front of you. They pick up flavors and odors like butter in a refrigerator.
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Change Kind Word Writing
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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Help Hurt People Poor Trouble
I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that there are as few as there are any other great artists. Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.
JOHN STEINBECK

Education Human Inspirational Mindset Spirit Teacher Teaching
I believe that love cannot be bought except with love.
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Believe Love Myself
Only mediocrity escapes criticism.
JOHN STEINBECK

Escape Life
Girls have a way of knowing or feeling what you feel, but they usually like to hear it also.
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Feeling Yourself
My imagination will get me a passport to hell one day.
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Funny Hell Imagination Travel
There’s nothing in the world like that first taste of beer.
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Alcohol Taste World
I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts.
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Dog Human Thinking
The great companies did not know that the line between hunger and anger is a thin line.
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Anger Company Greatness
The final weapon is the brain, all else is supplemental.
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Brain Weapons
I 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 STEINBECK

Believe Inspirational Man Strong Woman Empowerment Women
Don’t worry about losing. If it is right, it happens – The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.
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Goodness Lose Love Right
Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.
JOHN STEINBECK

Art Greatness Human Teacher Teaching
You can only understand people if you feel them in yourself.
JOHN STEINBECK

Empathy Feeling People Understand

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