1,374 Quotes by John Steinbeck

The mountains of things we throw away are much greater than the things we use. In this, if in no other way, we can see the wild and reckless exuberance of our production, and waste seems to be the index.

Four hoarse blasts of a ship's whistle still raise the hair on my neck and set my feet to tapping.

A man on a horse is spiritually, as well as physically, bigger then a man on foot.

How can you frighten a man whose hunger is not only in his own cramped stomach but in the wretched bellies of his children? You can't scare him--he has known a fear beyond every other.

Syntax, my lad. It has been restored to the highest place in the republic.

There is nothing in the world like the first taste of beer.

I have never smuggled anything in my life. Why, then, do I feel an uneasy sense of guilt on approaching a customs barrier?

The object of love is the best and most beautiful. Try to live up to it.

I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you, and that's why.