A dying people tolerates the present, rejects the future, and finds its satisfactions in past greatness and half remembered glory

Quote by John Steinbeck

Topics: Death And Dying Quotes, Past Quotes, Time Quotes

This I believe: That the free, exploring mind of the individual human is the most...

This I believe: That the free, exploring mind of the individual human is the most...

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.

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...

As happens sometimes, a moment settled and hovered and remained for much more than a...

As happens sometimes, a moment settled and hovered and remained for much more than a...

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...

A sad soul can kill quicker than a germ.

A sad soul can kill quicker than a germ.

So in our pride we ordered for breakfast an omelet, toast and coffee and what...

So in our pride we ordered for breakfast an omelet, toast and coffee and what...

We spend our time searching for security and hate it when we get it.

We spend our time searching for security and hate it when we get it.

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...

Where does discontent start? You are warm enough, but you shiver. You are fed, yet...

Where does discontent start? You are warm enough, but you shiver. You are fed, yet...

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...

When I was very young and the urge to be someplace was on me, I...

When I was very young and the urge to be someplace was on me, I...

The impulse of the American woman to geld her husband and castrate her sons is...

The impulse of the American woman to geld her husband and castrate her sons is...

It has always seemed strange to me... the things we admire in men, kindness and...

It has always seemed strange to me... the things we admire in men, kindness and...

No one wants advice - only corroboration.

No one wants advice - only corroboration.

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...

One can find so many pains when the rain is falling.

One can find so many pains when the rain is falling.

I have never smuggled anything in my life. Why, then, do I feel an uneasy...

I have never smuggled anything in my life. Why, then, do I feel an uneasy...

It is true that we are weak and sick and ugly and quarrelsome but if...

It is true that we are weak and sick and ugly and quarrelsome but if...

Many a trip continues long after movement in time and space have ceased.

Many a trip continues long after movement in time and space have ceased.