I carry a gun cause a cop is too heavy. John Steinbeck More Quotes by John Steinbeck More Quotes From John Steinbeck You're going to pass something down no matter what you do or if you do nothing. Even if you let yourself go fallow, the weeds will grow and the brambles. Something will grow. John Steinbeck weed grows matter And now the forces marshaled around the concept of the group have declared a war of extermination on that preciousness, the mind of man. John Steinbeck mind men war It is the nature of a person as he/she grows older to protest against change, particularly changes for the better. John Steinbeck change-for-the-better protest grows Why don't you go on west to California? There's work there, and it never gets cold. Why, you can reach out anywhere and pick an orange. Why, there's always some kind of crop to work in. Why don't you go there? John Steinbeck orange california goes-on New York is an ugly city, a dirty city. Its climate is a scandal, its politics are used to frighten children, its traffic is madness, its competition is murderous. But there is one thing about it - once you have lived in New York and it has become your home, no place else is good enough. John Steinbeck new-york children dirty In uncertainty I am certain that underneath their topmost layers of frailty men want to be good and want to be loved. John Steinbeck layers want men Says he foun' he jus' got a little piece of a great big soul. Says a wilderness ain't no good, 'cause his little piece of a soul wasn't no good 'less it was with the rest, an' was whole. John Steinbeck pieces wrath soul They're a dark people with a gift for suffering way past their deserving. It's said that without whiskey to soak and soften the world, they'd kill themselves. (Irish) John Steinbeck deserving-it dark past When you're a child you're the center of everything. Everything happens for you. Other people? They're only ghosts furnished for you to talk to. John Steinbeck ghost children people Riches seem to come to the poor in spirit, the poor in interest and joy. To put it straight - the very rich are a poor bunch of bastards John Steinbeck riches spirit joy This you may say of man - when theories change and crash, when schools, philosophies, when narrow dark alleys of thought, national, religious, economic, grow and disintegrate, man reaches, stumbles forward, painfully, mistakenly sometimes. Having stepped forward, he may slip back, but only half a step, never the full step back. John Steinbeck religious philosophy school My own journey started long before I left, and was over before I returned. John Steinbeck my-own journey long A dog is a bond between strangers. John Steinbeck stranger dog He had said, "I am a man," and that meant certain things to Juana. It meant that he was half insane and half god. It meant that Kino would drive his strength against a mountain and plunge his strength against the sea. Juana, in her woman's soul, knew that the mountain would stand while the man broke himself; that the sea would surge while the man drowned in it. And yet it was this thing that made him a man, half insane and half god, and Juana had need of a man; she could not live without a man. John Steinbeck soul sea men Fella says today, 'Depression is over. I seen a jackrabbit, an' they wasn't nobody after him.' An' another fella says, 'That aint the reason. Can't afford to kill jackrabbits no more. Catch 'em and milk 'em an' turn 'em loose. One you seen prob'ly gone dry. John Steinbeck dry ems gone I know a little bit about a great many things and not enough about any one to make a living in these times. John Steinbeck enough knows littles Critics are the eunuchs of literature. They stand by in envious awe while the whole man and his partner demonstrate the art of living. John Steinbeck literature men art The proofs that God does not exist are very strong, but in lots of people they are not as strong as the feeling that He does. John Steinbeck strong feelings people I had been practicing for the Depression a long time. I wasn't involved with loss. I didn't have money to lose, but in common with millions I did dislike hunger and cold. John Steinbeck loss common long I have wondered why is it that some people are less affected and torn by the verities of life and death that others. John Steinbeck torn life-and-death people
