"Is he mad? Anyway there's something on his……" — Herman Melville
"Is he mad? Anyway there's something on his mind, as sure as there must be something on a deck when it cracks."
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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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More Cracks Quotes
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I think it's sort of a rite of passage for a British actor to try and get the American accent…
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I think carrying moral baggage is very dangerous for an artist. If you have a duty, it's to be true…
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I'm a bit of a worrier, to an extreme. I'll crack a joke, then worry if I've offended someone -…
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Change, when it comes, cracks everything open.
— Dorothy Allison
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There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in.
— Leonard Cohen
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It's sad, something coming to an end. It cracks you open, in a way - cracks you open to feeling.
— Jennifer Aniston
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I can't give up. It's a rap thang. And I ain't goin back to the crack game.
— Tupac Shakur
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The community which does not protect its humblest and most hated member in the free utterance of his opinions, no…
— Wendell Phillips
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Still I rise Still I fight Still I might crack a smile Keep my eyes on the prize See my…
— Nicki Minaj
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They can crack jokes. They can sit back and analyze and criticize and make all the fun they want. But…
— Kai Greene
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If flowers want to grow right out of concrete sidewalk cracks I'm going to bend down and smell them.
— David Ignatow
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Just as a little bird cracks open the shell and flies out, we fly out of this shell, the shell…
— Swami Satchidananda
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