John Steinbeck Quotes

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

John Steinbeck

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 27, 1902 - December 20, 1968

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HairFeetShipNeckWhistleFour

Traditional scientific method has always been at the very best, 20 - 20 hindsight. It's good for seeing where you've been. It's good for testing the truth of what you think you know, but it can't tell you where you ought to go.

Robert M. Pirsig

GoodTruthBestThinkYouSeeing

Sometimes you trust someone who turns out not to be honest. There are a lot of things that happen in life that don't turn out the way you're given the impression that they will. And I think that's all kind of a con. But I think we've probably all been hurt.

Sigourney Weaver

LifeTrustThinkHurtSomeoneYou

I always like to keep one hand in the tepee and the other hand in the synagogue. Wouldn't it be great if there was a combination of the two? You could go to synagogue, and it would be really hot in there.

Robbie Robertson

GreatYouGoHandHotAlways

Film work is a job I like to do because I really love to solve problems.

Ry Cooder

WorkLoveJobProblemsFilmBecause

Wall Street, the banks, and corporate America, has been able to call the shots here. They control our members of Congress and they get what they want.

Michael Moore

ControlAmericaWallWantStreet

Usually, one's cooking is better than one thinks it is.

Julia Child

CookingBetterThanThinks

From casting to hiring to awards races like the Emmys, taking active steps toward inclusion will make for richer stories, a stronger democracy, and a better world.

Jay Duplass

DemocracyWorldBetterStrongerWill

I want to compliment The Heritage Foundation for its work on behalf of a strong national defense.

Don Nickles

WorkFoundationStrongHeritageWant

I don't regret anything I've put out there.

Colleen Ballinger

RegretOutAnythingPut

I'm more interested in being good than being famous.

Annie Leibovitz

GoodFamousMoreBeing FamousBeing

Humanity could only have survived and flourished if it held social and personal values that transcended the urges of the individual, embodying selfish desires - and these stem from the sense of a transcendent good.

Arthur Peacocke

GoodSelfishHumanityValuesSocial

It is harder to get into Deloitte than into the University of Pennsylvania.

Punit Renjen

UniversityGetHarderThan

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