Mice Quotes

• I only hope that we don't lose sight of one thing - that it was all started by a mouse.

  Walt Disney

  Life, Determination, Sight

  "What Is Disneyland?" (television program), 27 Oct. 1954

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• Maybe ever'body in the whole damn world is scared of each other.

  John Steinbeck

  Loneliness, People, World

  John Steinbeck (2013). “Of Mice and Men: Teacher's Deluxe Edition”, p.38, Penguin

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• Today, if you invent a better mousetrap, the government comes along with a better mouse.

  Ronald Reagan

  Business, Government, Politics

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• The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese

  Steven Wright

  Funny, Witty, Time

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• If I was alone I could live so easy. I could go get a job an' work, an' no trouble.

  John Steinbeck

  Jobs, Men, Trouble

  John Steinbeck (1950). “Of Mice and Men”, p.12, Dramatists Play Service Inc

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• A guy needs somebody―to be near him. A guy goes nuts if he ain't got nobody. Don't make no difference who the guy is, long's he's with you. I tell ya, I tell ya a guy gets too lonely an' he gets sick.

  John Steinbeck

  Lonely, Nuts, Differences

  John Steinbeck (2016). “Of Mice and Men”, p.35, Hamilton Books

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• Mice: What is the best early training for a writer? Y.C.: An unhappy childhood.

  Ernest Hemingway

  Unhappy Childhood, Training, Childhood

  Ernest Hemingway (2014). “The Hemingway Collection”, p.1087, Simon and Schuster

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• A guy goes nuts if he ain't got nobody.

  John Steinbeck

  Nuts, Guy, Crooks

  John Steinbeck (2016). “Of Mice and Men”, p.35, Hamilton Books

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• Books ain't no good. A guy needs somebody - to be near him. A guy goes nuts if he ain't got nobody.

  John Steinbeck

  Book, Nuts, Guy

  John Steinbeck (2016). “Of Mice and Men”, p.35, Hamilton Books

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• Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world

  John Steinbeck

  Guy, World, Lennie

  John Steinbeck (2009). “The Short Novels of John Steinbeck: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.209, Penguin

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• I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you, and that's why.

  John Steinbeck

  Looks, You Got Me

  John Steinbeck (2016). “Of Mice and Men”, p.8, Hamilton Books

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• The second mouse gets the cheese!

  Terry Pratchett

  Funny, Witty, Iron

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• The best laid schemes o' mice an' men gang aft agley.

  Robert Burns

  Change, Men, Best Laid Plans

  "To a Mouse" l. 39 (1786) See Dickens 67; Disraeli 7; Modern Proverbs 102; Orwell 17; Plautus 3; Proverbs 2; Sayings 25

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• When a building is about to fall down, all the mice desert it.

  Pliny the Elder

  Fall, Desert, Building

  'Historia Naturalis' bk. 8, ch. 103

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• Cat: a pygmy lion who loves mice, hates dogs, and patronizes human beings.

  Oliver Herford

  Love, Dog, Hate

  "Attributed to Oliver Herford in The Reader's Digest, Volume 121 (p. 118)". 1982.

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• The mouse that always trusts to one poor hole Can never be a mouse of any soul.

  Alexander Pope

  Soul, Poor, Holes

  Alexander Pope, George Croly (1854). “The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope; with a Memoir of the Author, Notes, and Critical Notices on Each Poem. By the Rev. George Croly ... New Edition. [With a Portrait.]”, p.367

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• Evening of a hot day started the little wind to moving among the leaves. The shade climbed up the hills toward the top. On the sand banks the rabbits sat as quietly as little gray, sculptured stones.

  John Steinbeck

  Moving, Wind, Rabbits

  John Steinbeck (2016). “Of Mice and Men”, p.2, Hamilton Books

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• If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.

  Desmond Tutu

  Bullying, Justice, Sides

  "The secrets of a peacemaker". Interview with Gary Younge, www.theguardian.com. May 22, 2009.

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• We could live offa the fatta the lan'.

  John Steinbeck

  John Steinbeck (2009). “The Short Novels of John Steinbeck: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.236, Penguin

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• A water snake glided smoothly up the pool, twisting its periscope head from side to side; and it swam the length of the pool and came to the legs of a motionless heron that stood in the shadows. A silent head and beak lanced down and plucked it out by the head, and the beak swallowed the little snake while its tail waved frantically.

  John Steinbeck

  Snakes, Water, Shadow

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• I ought to of shot that dog myself, George. I shouldn't ought to of let no stranger shoot my dog.

  John Steinbeck

  Dog, Stranger, Shots

  John Steinbeck (1994). “Of Mice and Men”, p.51, Penguin

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• Well, I never seen one guy take so much trouble for another guy. I just like to know what your interest is.

  John Steinbeck

  Guy, Trouble, Interest

  John Steinbeck (2016). “Of Mice and Men”, p.11, Hamilton Books

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• Not a creature was stirring, not even an elf.

  Charlaine Harris

  Christmas, Dry Leaves, Holiday Traditions

  Charlaine Harris (2012). “Deadlocked: A Sookie Stackhouse Novel”, p.98, Penguin

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  If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.

  Desmond Tutu

  Bullying, Peace, Elephants

  FaceBook post by Desmond Tutu from Jan 22, 2014

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• Just like heaven. Ever’body wants a little piece of lan’. I read plenty of books out here. Nobody never gets to heaven, and nobody gets no land. It’s just in their head. They’re all the time talkin’ about it, but it’s jus’ in their head.

  John Steinbeck

  Book, Land, Heaven

  John Steinbeck (2016). “Of Mice and Men”, p.36, Hamilton Books

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