Quote by John Steinbeck
It has always been my private conviction that any man who puts his

It has always been my private conviction that any man who puts his intelligence up against a fish and loses had it coming. – John Steinbeck

Other quotes by John Steinbeck

The new American finds his challenge and his love in the traffic-choked streets, skies nested in smog, choking with the acids of industry, the screech of rubber and houses leashed in against one another while the town lets wither a time and die. – John Steinbeck

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Pollution
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Man, unlike anything organic or inorganic in the universe, grows beyond his work, walks up the stairs of his concepts, emerges ahead of his accomplishments. – John Steinbeck

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work
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Other Quotes from
Intelligence
category

We know that there are unaccounted-for Scud and other ballistic missiles in Iraq. And part of the problem is that, since 1998, there has been no way to even get minimal information about those programs except through intelligence means. – Condoleezza Rice

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Intelligence

I cant tell you if genius is hereditary, because heaven has granted me no offspring. – James Whistler

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Intelligence

Clever people will recognize and tolerate nothing but cleverness. – Henri Frederic Amiel

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Intelligence

People are smarter than you might think. – John Astin

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Intelligence

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You will not find poetry anywhere unless you bring some of it with you. – Joseph Joubert

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Poetry

Washington State has a strong tradition of a positive relationship – positive working relationship between labor and management, whether in the private sector or the public sector. It needs to continue to be that way. – Rob McKenna

Category:
positive

In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men you must first enable the government to control the governed and in the next place oblige it to control itself. – James Madison

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Government

That he delights in the misery of others no man will confess, and yet what other motive can make a father cruel? – Joseph Addison

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Father