The best Quotes by John Steinbeck

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.

Teachers

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

Humanity Criminal Minds

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

Texas

Quotes about John Steinbeck

I used to read a lot of Steinbeck, and I admired Roger Miller and Bob Dylan.

John Prine

Bob Dylan

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No wonder the city never sleeps, it's too busy trying to get laid.

Carrie Bradshaw in Sex And The City - Season 1 Episode 11

Sex New York City

There are eight million people in this city. And those teeming masses exist for the sole purpose of lifting the few exceptional people onto their shoulders.

Grüner Kobold in Spider-Man

Fame New York City

If I can make it there
I'll make it anywhere
It's up to you
New York, New York

Frank Sinatra - New York, New York

New York City

Manhattan, for millions of our forefathers, the gateway to hope, opportunity and happiness beyond their wildest dreams. Today, that hope is still alive, it's called "The First Date". On Saturday nights, every restaurant in Lower Manhattan resembles its own little Ellis Island.

Carrie Bradshaw in Sex And The City - Season 2 Episode 3

New York City Manhatten

California has officially announced that jaywalking is now no longer a crime. So congratulations to the Californians who like walking places. This is great news for the six of you.

Trevor Noah in The Daily Show - October 2022

California

New Mexico. It's another state. I mean, it's like California, just less traffic.

Lalo Salamanca in Better Call Saul - Season 6 Episode 5

California New Mexico

We all have our little faults. Mine's in California.

Lex Luthor in Superman

California

All creative people should be required to leave California for three months every year.

Gloria Swanson

California

Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low self-esteem, first make sure that you are not, in fact, surrounded by a-sholes.

(often misattributed to William Gibson or Sigmund Freud)

Depression

If you don't deal with your demons, they will deal with you, and it's gonna hurt.

Nikki Sixx

Depression

When I'm writing a lyric, things can only get so serious before they start becoming humorous.

John Prine

People keep inventing all these new machines, and producers and recording engineers keep wanting to use them.

John Prine

Let's play it f*cking loud!

Bob Dylan

You can never be wise and be in love at the same time.

Bob Dylan

Falling in love Mind vs. Heart

Don't listen to the advice of people who are living lives you don't want to live.

Andrew Tate

Advice

Those that we love never truly leave us, Harry. There are things that death cannot touch.

Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Grief & Condolence Day of the Dead

I have consistently loved books that I've read when I've been sick in bed.

Tracy Chevalier

Illness & Sickness Reading

If you want the rainbow, you have to deal with the rain.

John Green in The Fault in Our Stars

Rainbows Rain

Critical thinking is the most important factor with chess. As it is in life, you need to think before you make decisions.

Hikaru Nakamura

Thinking Chess

Sometimes all a girl really needed was a very bad idea.

Jennifer Lynn Barnes in The Inheritance Games - The Hawthorne Legacy

Ideas

Summer romances end for all kinds of reasons. But when all is said and done, they have one thing in common: They are shooting stars-a spectacular moment of light in the heavens, a fleeting glimpse of eternity. And in a flash, they're gone.

Nicholas Sparks in The Notebook

Summer Shooting Stars

Nearly everybody gets twitterpated in the springtime.

Walt Disney

Spring Winter

To appreciate the beauty of a snowflake it is necessary to stand out in the cold.

Aristotle

Snow Winter Coldness

Since we first met, I have had a warm feeling inside. Not the kind of warmth that makes me feel rotten. The other kind of warmth. The one that happens inside my heart. Thank you. I am happy. Sadly I only recognize the current you. If I forget you... No. I will order myself to remember you.

Qiqi in Genshin Impact

Warmth

Remember, with great power. comes great responsibility!

Uncle Ben in Spider-Man

Power Responsibility Strength

Corrupt politicians make the other ten percent look bad.

Henry Kissinger

Corruption Politicians

If a June night could talk, it would probably boast it invented romance.

Bernard Williams

Summer Night June

You think the dead we loved ever truly leave us? You think we don’t recall them more clearly than ever in times of great trouble? Your father is alive in you, Harry, and shows himself plainly when you have need of him.

Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Memories Death Grief & Condolence

Traveling is like flirting with life. It's like saying "I would stay and love you, but I have to go".

Traveling

The difference between the novice and the master is that the master has failed more times than the novice has tried.

Koro-Sensei in Assassination Classroom

Teachers Failures & Mistakes Motivation

Harry, suffering like this proves you are still a man! This pain is part of being human.

Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Humanity Breakup Grief & Condolence

Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited.

Albert Einstein

Knowledge Imagination Criminal Minds

Dante: "[seeing a Confederate flag] What? Are you serious?"
Lila: "Newsflash, we're in deep Texas."

Texas Chainsaw Massacre - 2022

Texas

Some a-hole leaks it online and I'm like, you know, looking at the guy in the mirror brushing my teeth, "Dude, what have you done? This could be punishable by law!" But the internet forced the studio to say, "We're gonna make this movie", and 24 hours later, that movie had a green light.

Ryan Reynolds - September 2025

Deadpool

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