1,374 Quotes by John Steinbeck

There's a responsibility in being a person. It's more than just taking up space where air would be.

Sectional football games have the glory and the despair of war, and when a Texas team takes the field against a foreign state, it is an army with banners.

There are people who will say that this whole account is a lie, but a thing isn't necessarily a lie even if it didn't necessarily happen.

There are no ugly questions except those clothed in condescension.

A sad soul can kill quicker than a germ.

Sometimes when she was alone, and she knew she was alone, she permitted her mind to play in a garden, and she smiled.

Ah, the prayers of the millions, how they must fight and destroy each other on their way to the throne of God.

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.

George's voice became deeper. He repeated his words rhythmically as though he had said them many times before. 'Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no family. They don't belong no place. They come to a ranch an' work up a stake, and the first thing you know they're poundin' their tail on some other ranch. They ain't got nothing to look ahead to.