Herman Quotes

33 quotes by 29 authors

The great American writer Herman Melville says somewhere in The White Whale that a man ought to be 'a patriot to heaven,' and I believe… — Jorge Luis Borges
One of the purest souls ever to live on this fallen planet was Nicholas Herman, known as Brother Lawrence. He wrote very little, but what… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
Herman slipped his hand into mine, and I thought, An average of seventy-four species become extinct every day, which was one good reason but not… — Nicole Krauss
Or why you are wearing a picture of Santa Clause on you shirts, but-â€ â€œItâ€™s Herman Melville. — Daniel Handler
IN ANSWER TO THE QUESTION: WHAT SCENES ONE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE FILMED Shakespeare in the part of the King's Ghost. The beheading of Louis… — Vladimir Nabokov
Art has always been my salvation. And my gods are Herman Melville, Emily Dickinson, Mozart. I believe in them with all my heart. And when… — Maurice Sendak
My first attraction to writing novels was the plot, that almost extinct animal. Those novels I read which made me want to be a novelist… — John Irving
Some scholars attribute the decline in nicknaming to the evolutionary process that turned folk heroes into entrepreneurs. The truth is: George Herman Ruth, the namely-est… — Jane Leavy
Back then when Chomsky and Herman wrote, the left, myself among them, all knew that something terrible was happening in Vietnam, though most now claim… — James Donald
He looked like such a Republican. He dressed like Pee-Wee Herman. But had I known what he had done when I was reading about him,… — Matthew Bright
Herman Cain continues to show himself to be a leader. — Alveda King
Some of us think holding on makes us strong, but sometimes it is letting go. ~Herman Hesse — Herman Hesse
Herman has taken to writing poetry. You need not tell anyone, for you know how such things get around. — Unknown Author

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