More Quotes by John Steinbeck
If you want to destroy a nation, give it too much - make it greedy, miserable and sick.
It has always seemed strange to me... the things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest, are the traits of success. And while men admire the quality of the first they love the produce of the second.
I believe a strong woman may be stronger than a man, particularly if she happens to have love in her heart. I guess a loving woman is indestructible.
The free exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world.
If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck.
The human is the only guilty animal.
I have noticed that there is no dissatisfaction like that of the rich. Feed a man, clothe him, put him in a good house, and he will die of despair.
The fields were fruitful, and starving men moved on the roads.
I have thought that men and women should never come together except in bed. There is the only place where their natural hatred of each other is not so apparent.
Don't worry about losing. If it is right, it happens - The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.
