But think of the glory of the choice! That makes a man a man. A cat has no choice, a bee must make honey. There's no godliness there.
John SteinbeckIt has always been my private conviction that any man who puts his intelligence up against a fish and loses had it coming.
John SteinbeckAt one point, as Samuel urges Adam to raise his boys well regardless of the blood that might be in them, Adam tells him, "You can't make a race horse of a pig." Samuel replies, "No, but you can make a very fast pig.
John Steinbeck