No man really knows about other human beings. The best he can do is to suppose that they are like himself.

Quote by John Steinbeck

Topics: John Steinbeck Quotes

I've lived in good climate, and it bores the hell out of me. I like...

I've lived in good climate, and it bores the hell out of me. I like...

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 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...

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.

Time is the only critic without ambition.

Time is the only critic without ambition.

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...

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 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...

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 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.

These words dropped into my childish mind as if you should accidentally drop a ring...

These words dropped into my childish mind as if you should accidentally drop a ring...

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.

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...

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...

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.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...