If you're in trouble, or hurt or need - go to the poor people. They're the only ones that'll help - the only ones.

Quote by John Steinbeck

Topics: John Steinbeck Quotes

No one wants advice - only corroboration.

No one wants advice - only corroboration.

Time is the only critic without ambition.

Time is the only critic without ambition.

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,...

I am impelled, not to squeak like a grateful and apologetic mouse, but to roar...

I am impelled, not to squeak like a grateful and apologetic mouse, but to roar...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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.

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and...

Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and...

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...

Maybe its like this, Max--you know how, when you are working on a long and...

Maybe its like this, Max--you know how, when you are working on a long and...

It has always been my private conviction that any man who puts his intelligence up...

It has always been my private conviction that any man who puts his intelligence up...

Cynicism: The intellectual cripple's substitute for intelligence.

Cynicism: The intellectual cripple's substitute for intelligence.

You can't write about people out of textbooks, and you can't use jargon. You have...

You can't write about people out of textbooks, and you can't use jargon. You have...