"Thus it was that in obedience to the……" — Jack London
"Thus it was that in obedience to the law laid down by his mother, and in obedience to the law of that unknown and nameless thing, fear, he kept away from the mouth of the cave."
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95 Quotes by Jack London
Jack London has 95 quotes on this site.
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You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.
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The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to…
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Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well.
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A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog, when you are just…
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I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.
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If cash comes with fame, come fame; if cash comes without fame, come cash.
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Darn the wheel of the world! Why must it continually turn over? Where is the reverse gear?
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There is an ecstasy that marks the summit of life, and beyond which life cannot rise. And such is the…
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Life is so short. I would rather sing one song than interpret the thousand.
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San Francisco is gone. Nothing remains of it but memories.
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I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze…
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A vast silence reigned over the land. The land itself was a desolation, lifeless, without movement, so lone and cold…
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More Cave Quotes
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When things are really dismal, you can laugh, or you can cave in completely.
— Margaret Atwood
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We would betray our values and play into our enemies' hands if we were to treat Muslims differently than anyone…
— Michael Bloomberg
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Truth is a demure lady, much too ladylike to knock you on your head and drag you to her cave.…
— William F. Buckley, Jr.
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You don't have to be a cave man to appreciate Lascaux.
— Walter Darby Bannard
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I have... had a disturbing dream in which I break through a cave wall near Nag Hammadi and discover urns…
— Colin McEnroe
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One extremely important purpose of emotions from an evolutionary perspective is to help us decide what to remember and what…
— Candace Pert
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The sun to me is dark And silent as the moon, When she deserts the night Hid in her vacant…
— John Milton
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I guess of all my uncles, I liked Uncle Caveman the best. We called him Uncle Caveman because he lived…
— Jack Handey
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Just as an octopus may have his den in some ocean cave, and come floating out a silent image of…
— Arthur Conan Doyle
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The Paleolithic hunters who painted the unsurpassed animal murals on the ceiling of the cave at Altamira had only rudimentary…
— Eric Hoffer
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Cat said, 'I am not a friend, and I am not a Servant. I am the Cat who walks by…
— Rudyard Kipling
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Consider the situation. There you are, forehead like a set of balconies, worrying about the long-term effects of all this…
— Terry Pratchett
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