1,374 Quotes by John Steinbeck

There is nothing pleasanter than spading when the ground is soft and damp.

A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it.

A question is a trap and an answer is your foot in it.

The trash and litter of nature disappears into the ground with the passing of each year, but man's litter has more permanence.

People don't want advice...only corroboration.

The discipline of the written word punishes both stupidity and dishonesty.

Being at ease with himself put him at ease with the world.

I hate cameras. They are so much more sure than I am about everything.

So much there is to see, but our morning eyes describe a different world than do our afternoon eyes, and surely our wearied evening eyes can report only a weary evening world.