It is true that we are weak and sick and ugly and quarrelsome but if that is all we ever were, we would millenniums ago have disappeared from the face of the earth.

Quote by John Steinbeck

Topics: John Steinbeck Quotes

If you're in trouble, or hurt or need - go to the poor people. They're...

If you're in trouble, or hurt or need - go to the poor people. They're...

Man, unlike anything organic or inorganic in the universe, grows beyond his work, walks up...

Man, unlike anything organic or inorganic in the universe, grows beyond his work, walks up...

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

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

A sad soul can kill quicker than a germ.

A sad soul can kill quicker than a germ.

No one wants advice - only corroboration.

No one wants advice - only corroboration.

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

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

Writers are a little below clowns and a little above trained seals.

Writers are a little below clowns and a little above trained seals.

It's so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if...

It's so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if...

It seems to me that if you or I must choose between two courses of...

It seems to me that if you or I must choose between two courses of...

I hold that a writer who does not passionately believe in the perfectibility of man...

I hold that a writer who does not passionately believe in the perfectibility of man...

Don't worry about losing. If it is right, it happens - The Main thing is...

Don't worry about losing. If it is right, it happens - The Main thing is...

I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that...

I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that...

Sectional football games have the glory and the despair of war, and when a Texas...

Sectional football games have the glory and the despair of war, and when a Texas...

The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in...

The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in...

I have owed you this letter for a very long time-but my fingers have avoided...

I have owed you this letter for a very long time-but my fingers have avoided...

The profession of book writing makes horse racing seem like a solid, stable business.

The profession of book writing makes horse racing seem like a solid, stable business.

It seems to me that if you or I must choose between two courses of...

It seems to me that if you or I must choose between two courses of...

No on should abandon duties because he sees defects in them. Every action, every activity,...

No on should abandon duties because he sees defects in them. Every action, every activity,...

The great composer does not set to work because he is inspired, but becomes inspired...

The great composer does not set to work because he is inspired, but becomes inspired...

Never confuse activity with action

Never confuse activity with action

By the time a person has achieved years adequate for choosing a direction, the die...

By the time a person has achieved years adequate for choosing a direction, the die...

The disembodied spirit is immortal; there is nothing of it that can grow old or...

The disembodied spirit is immortal; there is nothing of it that can grow old or...

Living is a constant process of deciding what we are going to do.

Living is a constant process of deciding what we are going to do.

My parents were very pleased that I was in the army. The fact that I...

My parents were very pleased that I was in the army. The fact that I...