1,374 Quotes by John Steinbeck

There is one sure thing about the fall of gods: they do not fall a little; they crash and shatter.

life passes by in a wink so try to never miss a moment of it

And her joy was nearly like sorrow.

I guess I'm trying to say, Grab anything that goes by. It may not come around again.

If I was alone I could live so easy. I could go get a job an' work, an' no trouble.

Man himself has become our greatest hazard and our only hope. So that today, St. John the apostle may well be paraphrased: In the end is the Word, and the Word is Man - and the Word is with Men.

I am a little man and this is a little town, but there must be a spark in little men that can burst into flame.

Just set one day's work in front of the last day's work. That's the way it comes out. And that's the only way it does.

When a condition or a problem becomes too great, humans have the protection of not thinking about it. But it goes inward and minces up with a lot of other things already there and what comes out is discontent and uneasiness, guilt and a compulsion to get something--anything--before it is all gone.