For the world was changing, and sweetness was gone, and virtue too. Worry had crept on a corroding world, and what was lost- good manners, ease and beauty? Ladies were not ladies anymore, and you couldn’t trust a gentleman’s word.
John Steinbeck
Changing World, Virtue Lost, Corroding Worry, Society, Trust, Manners
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“In business and in politics a man must carve and maul his way through men to get to be King of the Mountain. Once there, he can be great and kind-but he must get there first.” John Steinbeck
Business Politics, Leadership Struggle, Success Path, Business, Politics, Success
John Steinbeck Business Politics, Leadership Struggle, Success Path, Business, Politics, Success“To hell with that rotten century! Let’s get it over and the door closed shut on it! Let’s close it like a book and go on reading! New chapter, new life. A man will have clean hands once we get the lid slammed shut on that stinking century. It’s a fair thing ahead. There’s no rot on this clean new hundred years. It’s not stacked, and any bastard who deals seconds from this new deck of years – why, we’ll crucify him head down over a privy.” John Steinbeck
New Beginnings, Time, Future, Past Century, Change, Rebirth
John Steinbeck New Beginnings, Time, Future, Past Century, Change, Rebirth“A wife is like a children’s movie; always under-appreciated and without either, life would be incomplete.” John Steinbeck
Wife Movie, Life Incomplete, Under Appreciated, Family, Partnership, Humor
John Steinbeck Wife Movie, Life Incomplete, Under Appreciated, Family, Partnership, Humor“Lanser said, “There are no peaceful people, when will you learn it? There are no friendly people, can’t you understand that?” John Steinbeck
Peace, War, Humanity, Friendship, People, Understanding
John Steinbeck Peace, War, Humanity, Friendship, People, Understanding“People are felt rather than seen after the first few moments...” John Steinbeck
Perception, People, Emotions, Interaction, Nature, Understanding
John Steinbeck Perception, People, Emotions, Interaction, Nature, Understanding“It was too nerve-wracking, a shocking spectacle, like seeing an old, calm friend go insane.” John Steinbeck
Nerve-Wracking, Shock, Insanity, Friendships, Emotion, Crisis
John Steinbeck Nerve-Wracking, Shock, Insanity, Friendships, Emotion, Crisis“I need a dog pretty badly. I dreamed of dogs last night. They sat in a circle and looked at me and I wanted all of them.” John Steinbeck
Dog, Dream, Desire, Companionship, Animals, Love
John Steinbeck Dog, Dream, Desire, Companionship, Animals, Love“From start to finish I found no strangers. If I had, I might be able to report them more objectively. But these are my people and this my country. If I found matters to criticize and to deplore, they were tendencies equally present in myself.” John Steinbeck
Self Reflection, Identity, Country, Society, People, Criticism
John Steinbeck Self Reflection, Identity, Country, Society, People, Criticism“They fell into a silence. They looked at one another, amazed. This thing they had never really believed in was coming true.” John Steinbeck
Silence Fell, Belief True, Mutual Amazement, Revelation, Connection, Faith
John Steinbeck Silence Fell, Belief True, Mutual Amazement, Revelation, Connection, Faith“The object of love is the best and most beautiful. Try to live up to it.” John Steinbeck
Love Object, Best Beautiful, Aspire High, Devotion, Inspiration, Perfection
John Steinbeck Love Object, Best Beautiful, Aspire High, Devotion, Inspiration, Perfection“And just as there are physical monsters, can there not be mental or psychic monsters born? The face and body may be perfect, but if a twisted gene or a malformed egg can produce physical monsters, may not the same process produce a malformed soul?” John Steinbeck
Monsters, Psychology, Soul, Mental Illness, Physical Appearance, Nature
John Steinbeck Monsters, Psychology, Soul, Mental Illness, Physical Appearance, Nature“Many a trip continues long after movement in time and space have ceased.” John Steinbeck
Trip Continues, Time Space, Movement Ceased, Journey, Reflection, Endurance
John Steinbeck Trip Continues, Time Space, Movement Ceased, Journey, Reflection, Endurance“Unless a reviewer has the courage to give you unqualified praise, I say ignore the bastard.” John Steinbeck
Reviewer Courage, Honest Criticism, Unqualified Praise, Reviewer, Criticism, Courage
John Steinbeck Reviewer Courage, Honest Criticism, Unqualified Praise, Reviewer, Criticism, Courage“We can shoot rockets into space but we can’t cure anger or discontent.” John Steinbeck
Space Exploration, Anger, Discontent, Technology, Humanity, Society
John Steinbeck Space Exploration, Anger, Discontent, Technology, Humanity, Society“The final weapon is the brain, all else is supplemental.” John Steinbeck
Brain, Intelligence, Power, Thought, Strategy, Wisdom
John Steinbeck Brain, Intelligence, Power, Thought, Strategy, Wisdom“A book is somehow sacred. A dictator can kill and maim people, can sink to any kind of tyranny and only be hated, but when books are burned the ultimate in tyranny has happened. This we cannot forgive.” John Steinbeck
Book Burning, Tyranny, Censorship, Sacred, Books, Freedom
John Steinbeck Book Burning, Tyranny, Censorship, Sacred, Books, Freedom“The trash and litter of nature disappears into the ground with the passing of each year, but man’s litter has more permanence.” John Steinbeck
Nature Decay, Human Waste, Environmental Issues, Nature, Waste, Environment
John Steinbeck Nature Decay, Human Waste, Environmental Issues, Nature, Waste, Environment“A few miles south of Soledad, the Salinas River drops in close to the hillside bank and runs deep and green. The water is warm too, for it has slipped twinkling over the yellow sands in the sunlight before reaching the narrow pool.” John Steinbeck
Salinas River, Green Waters, Hillside Bank, Nature, Warmth, Reflection
John Steinbeck Salinas River, Green Waters, Hillside Bank, Nature, Warmth, Reflection