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

Quote by John Steinbeck

Topics: Stupidity Quotes

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

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

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

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

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.

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...

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...

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 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.

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...

Time is the only critic without ambition.

Time is the only critic without ambition.

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...

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...

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.

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 the nature of a man as he grows older- to protest against change,...

It is the nature of a man as he grows older- to protest against change,...

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 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...

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...

The American girl makes a servant of her husband and then finds him contemptible for...

The American girl makes a servant of her husband and then finds him contemptible for...

When any one State in the American Union refuses obedience to the Confederation by which...

When any one State in the American Union refuses obedience to the Confederation by which...

Football brings out the sociologist that lurks in some otherwise respectable citizens. They say football...

Football brings out the sociologist that lurks in some otherwise respectable citizens. They say football...

The vocation of every man and woman is to serve other people.

The vocation of every man and woman is to serve other people.