I carry a gun cause a cop is too heavy. John Steinbeck More Quotes by John Steinbeck More Quotes From John Steinbeck For many years we have suckled on fear and fear alone, and there is no good product of fear. John Steinbeck products years To the heavens on the wings of a pig. John Steinbeck wings pigs heaven Men don't get knocked out, or I mean they can fight back against big things. What kills them is erosion; they get nudged into failure. They get slowly scared.[...]It's slow. It rots out your guts. John Steinbeck fighting men mean I have the instincts of a minstrel rather than those of a scrivener. There you have it. We are not of the same trade at all and so how can your rules fit me? John Steinbeck minstrels instinct fit I have no interest in the printed word. I would continue to write if there were no writing and no print. I put my words down for a matter of memory. They are more made to be spoken than to be read. John Steinbeck printed-word writing memories There's something desirable about anything you're used to as opposed to something you're not. John Steinbeck desirable used It is a nice thing to be working and believing in my work again. I hope I can keep the drive. I only feel whole and well when it is this way. John Steinbeck nice believe way Intentions, good or bad, are not enough. There's luck or fate or something else that takes over. John Steinbeck fate luck enough When a condition or a problem becomes too great, humans have the protection of not thinking about it. But it goes inward and minces up with a lot of other things already there and what comes out is discontent and uneasiness, guilt and a compulsion to get something--anything--before it is all gone. John Steinbeck inward guilt thinking I guess I'm trying to say, Grab anything that goes by. It may not come around again. John Steinbeck may trying No one who is young is ever going to be old. John Steinbeck youth eden young Maybe-- maybe love makes you suspicious and doubting. Is it true that when you love a woman you are never sure-- never sure of her because you aren't sure of yourself? John Steinbeck maybe-love eden doubt War ... a reversal of the rules where a man is permitted to kill all the humans he can. John Steinbeck humans men war She had a dour Presbyterian mind and a code of morals that pinned down and beat the brains out of nearly everything that was pleasant to do. John Steinbeck down-and mind brain A man who tells secrets or stories must think of who is hearing or reading, for a story has as many versions as it has readers. John Steinbeck reading men thinking Death was a friend, and sleep was Death's brother. John Steinbeck death-and-dying brother sleep I wonder why progress looks so much like destruction. John Steinbeck progress wonder looks And finally comes culture, which is entertainment, relaxation, transport out of the pain of living. John Steinbeck pain relaxation culture Don't you dare take the lazy way. It's too easy to excuse yourself because of your ancestry. Don't let me catch you doing it! Now -- look close at me so you will remember. Whatever you do, it will be you who do. John Steinbeck lazy looks way Guy don't need no sense to be a nice fella. Seems to me sometimes it jus' works the other way around. Take a real smart guy and he ain't hardly ever a nice fella. John Steinbeck smart nice real
