Casy Quotes

#1. Casy said solemnly, This here ol' man jus' lived a life an' just died out of it. I don't know whether he was good or bad, but that don't matter much. He was alive, an' that's what matters. An' now his dead, an' that don't matter ...

John Steinbeck

#2. An' Grandpa didn' die tonight. He died the minute you took 'im off the place.
You sure a that? Pa cried
Why, no. Oh he was breathin', Casy went on, but he was dead. He was that place, an' he knowed it.

John Steinbeck

#3. You think it was a sin to let my wife die like that?' "Well,' said Casy, "for anybody else it was a mistake, but if you think it was a sin - then it's a sin. A fella builds his own sins right up from the groun'.

John Steinbeck

#4. Casy gathered in his canvas sneakers and shoved his bare feet into them. "I ain't got your confidence," he said. "I'm always scared there's wire or glass under the dust. I don't know nothin' I hate so much as a cut toe.

John Steinbeck

#5. God wants you to be in the world, but so different from the world that you will change it. Get cracking.

Mother Angelica

#6. Got a lot of sinful idears
but they seem kinda sensible.

John Steinbeck

#7. With respect to the northeastern boundary of the United States, no official correspondence between this Government and that of Great Britain has passed since that communicated to Congress toward the close of their last session.

Martin Van Buren

#8. We use Dr.Ducks Ax Wax religiously on all Danelectros before they ever leave the factory ...

Brian Martin

#9. I love people so much I'm fit to bust, sometimes.

John Steinbeck

#10. When you've been in life-threatening situations, you become aware that life is not for ever.

Curtis Jackson

#11. Love is what you are, not what you give or get!

Iyanla Vanzant

#12. THUMB,
I HOPE I WILL NOT BORE YOU WITH HOW TOTALLY, TOTALLY I ADORE YOU. THE FUNNY WAY YOU HAVE OF TALKING, THE CUTE WAY YOU HAVE OF WALKING. PLEASE DO NOT FEEL THAT I AM STALKING YOU.
LOVE, HENDERSON

Phoebe Stone

#13. I ain't sleepin'. I got too much to puzzle with.

John Steinbeck

#14. We have Dragon [dictation software]," one primary care doctor said, "which you have to be careful of, because I just [dictated] 'Patient's prostate is bothering him' and it turned out 'Patient's prostitute is bothering him.

Robert Wachter

#15. A man must not only stand for the right principles, but he must also fight for them. Those who fight for principle can be proud of the friends they've gained and the enemies they've earned.

Ezra Taft Benson

#16. I was a class clown. At 12, I was definitely clowning. I was making all the jokes. But I was smart, so the teachers didn't know what to do with me.

J. Cole

#17. Tax what you burn not what you earn.

Christine Pelosi

#18. Thin people are beautiful, but fat people are adorable.

Jackie Gleason

#19. But feelings, they don't care about telling. They just go right on, piling on top of one another like a big sandwich.

Jerry Spinelli