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

The discipline of the written word punishes both stupidity and dishonesty.

The discipline of the written word punishes both stupidity and dishonesty.

Maybe there ain't no sin and there ain't no virtue, they's just what people does....

Maybe there ain't no sin and there ain't no virtue, they's just what people does....

I've seen a look in dogs' eyes, a quickly vanishing look of amazed contempt, and...

I've seen a look in dogs' eyes, a quickly vanishing look of amazed contempt, and...

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...

Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts... perhaps the fear of a loss of power.

Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts... perhaps the fear of a loss of power.

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...

It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the...

It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the...

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.

Man is the only kind of varmint sets his own trap, baits it, then steps...

Man is the only kind of varmint sets his own trap, baits it, then steps...

A journey is a person in itself; no two are alike. And all plans, safeguards,...

A journey is a person in itself; no two are alike. And all plans, safeguards,...

A sad soul can kill quicker than a germ.

A sad soul can kill quicker than a germ.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

In utter loneliness a writer tries to explain the inexplicable.

In utter loneliness a writer tries to explain the inexplicable.

Give a critic an inch, he'll write a play.

Give a critic an inch, he'll write a play.

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...

If you find yourself in love with a person who does not love you, be...

If you find yourself in love with a person who does not love you, be...

Sadness flies on the wings of the morning and out of the heart of darkness...

Sadness flies on the wings of the morning and out of the heart of darkness...