"In one word, Queequeg, said I, rather digressively;……" — Herman Melville
"In one word, Queequeg, said I, rather digressively; hell is an idea first born on an undigested apple-dumpling; and since then perpetuated through the hereditary dyspepsias nurtured by Ramadans."
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285 Quotes by Herman Melville
Herman Melville has 285 quotes on this site.
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For whatever is truly wondrous and fearful in man, never yet was put into words or books.
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Let America first praise mediocrity even, in her children, before she praises... the best excellence in the children of any…
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To the last, I grapple with thee; From Hell's heart, I stab at thee; For hate's sake, I spit my…
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They talk of the dignity of work. The dignity is in leisure.
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Dream tonight of peacock tails, Diamond fields and spouter whales. Ills are many, blessing few, But dreams tonight will shelter…
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No philosophers so thoroughly comprehend us as dogs and horses.
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All wars are boyish, and are fought by boys.
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See with what entire freedom the whaleman takes his handful of lamps-often but old bottles and vials, though. ... He…
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You cannot spill a drop of American blood without spilling the blood of the whole world.... We are not a…
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He says NO! In thunder; but the Devil himself cannot make him say yes.
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Why, ever since Adam, who has got to the meaning of this great allegory - the world? Then we pygmies…
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Prayer draws us near to our own souls.
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Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton was the one who asked why.
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For an Apple is in it self a little Universe; the Seed, hotter than the other parts thereof, is its…
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When I met Apple, I made it very clear that I am an old punk and I have never done…
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I think the only reason you visit an Apple store is because you wonder what life is like on another…
— Lewis Black
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I have to have lemon and honey. I have to have apple cider vinegar, Braggs. And I have to have…
— Mary J. Blige
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In 1980, Atari was bringing in around two billion dollars in revenue and Chuck E. Cheese's some five hundred million.…
— Nolan Bushnell
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Of emotions, of love, of breakup, of love and hate and death and dying, mama, apple pie, and the whole…
— Johnny Cash
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With an apple I will astonish Paris.
— Paul Cezanne
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Why not upset the apple cart? If you don't, the apples will rot anyway.
— Frank A. Clark
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My wife gets all the money I make. I just get an apple and clean clothes every morning.
— Ray Romano
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Interesting - I use a Mac to help me design the next Cray.(when he was told that Apple Inc. had…
— Seymour Cray
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The rest of the world loves soccer. Surely we must be missing something. Uh, isn't that what the Russians told…
— Unknown Author
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