The Grapes of Wrath

The Grapes of Wrath Quotes

Tom Joad : Seems like the government's got more interest in a dead man than a live one.

Casy : I wouldn't pray just for a old man that's dead, 'cause he's all right. If I was to pray, I'd pray for folks that's alive and don't know which way to turn.

Ma Joad : There, gramma! There's California.
Grandma Joad : Phbbtt!

Gasoline Attendant : You and me got sense. Them Okies got no sense and no feeling. They ain't human. Human being wouldn't live the way they do. Human being couldn't stand to be so miserable.

Grandpa Joad: I smell spare ribs. Somebody's been eatin' spare ribs. How come I ain't got none?

Ma Joad: Well, Pa, a woman can change better'n a man. A man lives sorta - well, in jerks. Baby's born or somebody dies, and that's a jerk. He gets a farm or loses it, and that's a jerk. With a woman, it's all in one flow, like a stream - little eddies and waterfalls - but the river, it goes right on. Woman looks at it thata way.

Tom Joad: Seems like the government's got more interest in a dead man than a live one.

Tom Joad : Takes no nerve to do something, ain't nothin' else you can do.

Tom Joad : Sure don't look none too prosperous.

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