Quotes by John Steinbeck

John Ernst Steinbeck Jr. was an American author.

John Steinbeck belongs to the following category: Writers

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You know how advice is. You only want it if it agrees with what you wanted to do anyway.

AdviceJohn Steinbeck
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A sad soul can kill quicker than a germ.

Grief & Condolence, Illness & Sickness, DepressionJohn Steinbeck
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One can find so many pains when the rain is falling.

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

Thinking, IdeasJohn Steinbeck
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I wonder how many people I've looked at all my life and never seen.

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What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness?

Summer, Winter, Coldness, WarmthJohn Steinbeck
 
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Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts... perhaps the fear of a loss of power.

Power, CorruptionJohn Steinbeck
 
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In early June the world of leaf and blade and flowers explodes, and every sunset is different.

JuneJohn Steinbeck
 
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Many a trip continues long after movement in time and space have ceased.

Memories, TravelingJohn Steinbeck
 
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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.

TeachersJohn Steinbeck
 
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No man really knows about other human beings. The best he can do is to suppose that they are like himself.

Humanity, Criminal MindsJohn Steinbeck
 
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Texas is a state of mind. Texas is an obsession. Above all, Texas is a nation in every sense of the word.

TexasJohn Steinbeck
 
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