The Grapes of Wrath Quotes

“Need is the stimulus to concept, concept to action.”

― John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath

topic:action need

“How can we live without our lives? How will we know it’s us without our past?”

― John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath

topic:past living

“If you’re in trouble or hurt or need—go to poor people. They’re the only ones that’ll help—the only ones.”

― John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath

topic:poverty need

“If he needs a million acres to make him feel rich, seems to me he needs it ’cause he feels awful poor inside hisself, and if he’s poor in hisself, there ain’t no million acres gonna make him feel rich, an’ maybe he’s disappointed that...”

― John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath

topic:poverty wealth

“Wherever they’s a fight so hungry people can eat, I’ll be there.”

― John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath

topic:poverty

“Our people are good people; our people are kind people. Pray God some day kind people won’t all be poor.”

― John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath

topic:poverty kindness

“You’re bound to get idears if you go thinkin’ about stuff.”

― John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath

topic:thought

“Jus' live the day . . . Don' worry yaself.”

― John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath

topic:living present

“The bank is something more than men, I tell you. It's the monster. Men made it, but they can't control it.”

― John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath

topic:control

“When shoes and clothes and food, when even hope is gone, we'll have the rifle.”

― John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath

topic:violence despair

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