Herman Melville Quotes

Truth is in things, and not in words.

Herman Melville

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 1, 1819 - September 28, 1891

Topics

TruthWordsTruth IsThings

I just think that it's strong and it's important that we recognize what the Christmas season is about; it's about the birth of our Savior, and there's a lot of pressure today to be politically correct, but people are realizing, too, that you have to be open to express your faith what you want believe.

Joel Osteen

FaithTodayPeopleBelieveThink

I'm not somebody with over-weening ambition.

Jeremy Corbyn

AmbitionSomebody

I'm an idealist without illusions.

John F. Kennedy

WithoutIllusionsIdealist

It might sound ordinary for a woman to find out her husband's cheating on her, but not if you're the woman and it's your husband.

Melissa Bank

WomanHusbandCheatingYouFindOut

Hath the spirit of all beauty Kissed you in the path of duty?

Anna Katharine Green

BeautyPathYouDutySpiritKissed

Congress seems to believe that 'Children are our future' is a phrase coined by tobacco advertisers.

Jef I. Richards

FutureChildrenBelieveCongressOur

It requires some intelligent reframing to make people see commonalities that they don't otherwise see. To me, the Tea Party and the Occupy movement are, in many ways, saying the same thing, but it requires a bit of imagination to get people to see that.

Anand Giridharadas

ImaginationTeaPeopleMeSaying

During the late 1970s and early 1980s, Latin America moved decisively away from military rule and toward civilian democracy.

Stephen Kinzer

DemocracyAmericaEarlyLateRule

There's no such thing as a part-time 'Buffy' fan; people watch it compulsively.

Tom Lenk

PeopleWatchFanPart-TimeBuffy

No one will ever know what I went through to secure those negatives. The world can never appreciate it. It changed the whole course of my life.

Mathew Brady

LifeWorldAppreciateMy LifeKnow

I was very restless. I really wanted to be a part of a kind of a progressive society. I was fed up with these Communist doctrines and you were hassled all the time with members of the Party committee who were KGB, what you have to do, where in the West you can go or not to go.

Mikhail Baryshnikov

TimeSocietyYouPartyGoKind

I've climbed Stromboli when it's erupting, which is quite a heavy climb: three hours with a helmet to get to the top. When you're there, and it's dark, and you can see this eruption and feel it, it's quite different to watching it on TV.

Michelle Paver

ClimbFeelYouHelmetDarkThree

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