John Steinbeck

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

#politics #business

Courage and fear were one thing too. ↗

— John Steinbeck

#fear #courage

Your audience is one single reader. I have found that sometimes it helps to pick out one person-a real person you know, or an imagined person-and write to that one. ↗

— John Steinbeck

#writing #imagination

A reputation for money is almost as negotiable as money itself. ↗

— John Steinbeck

#humor

The first grave. Now we're getting someplace. Houses and children and graves, that's home, Tom. Those are the things that hold a man down. ↗

— John Steinbeck

#insperational #observational #home

ad astra per alia porci ↗

— John Steinbeck

#john-steinbeck #powerful #inspirational

A wife is like a children's movie; always under-appreciated and without either, life would be incomplete ↗

— John Steinbeck

#wife #wifely-duty #life

My wife married a man; I saw no reason why she should inherit a baby...I am very fortunate in having a wife who likes being a woman, which means that she likes men, not elderly babies. ↗

— John Steinbeck

#men

I have seen too many men go down, and I never permit myself to forget that one day, through accident or under the charge of a younger, stronger knight, I too will go down. ↗

— John Steinbeck

#heroic #knights #ups-and-downs #men

Ghosts could walk freely tonight, without fear of the disbelief of men; for this night was haunted, and it would be an insensitive man who did not know it. ↗

— John Steinbeck

#haunting #men