It seems to me that if you or I must choose between two courses of thought or action, we should remember our dying and try so to live that our death brings no pleasure on the world.

Quote by John Steinbeck

Topics: Death Quotes

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...

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.

Unless a reviewer has the courage to give you unqualified praise, I say ignore the...

Unless a reviewer has the courage to give you unqualified praise, I say ignore the...

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...

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...

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...

In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy,...

In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy,...

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...

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.

In utter loneliness a writer tries to explain the inexplicable.

In utter loneliness a writer tries to explain the inexplicable.

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...

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....

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

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

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...

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...

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,...

Four hoarse blasts of a ship's whistle still raise the hair on my neck and...

Four hoarse blasts of a ship's whistle still raise the hair on my neck and...

Black women don't have the same body image problems as white women. They are proud...

Black women don't have the same body image problems as white women. They are proud...

The human body is a machine which winds its own springs.

The human body is a machine which winds its own springs.