Quotes by Steinbeck, John

The techniques of opening conversation are universal. I knew long ago >>

Time is the only critic without ambition. >>

No man really knows about other human beings. The best he can do is to >>

Quotations about Travel and Tourism

Extensive traveling induces a feeling of encapsulation, and travel, so >>

I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sens >>

Life on board a pleasure steamer violates every moral and physical con >>

When I was very young and the urge to be someplace was on me, I was assured by mature people that maturity would cure this itch. When years described me as mature, the remedy prescribed was middle age. In middle age I was assured that greater age would calm my fever and now that I am fifty-eight perhaps senility will do the job. Nothing has worked. In other words, I don't improve, in further words, once a bum always a bum. I fear the disease is incurable.

Steinbeck, John