Herman Melville Quotes

He piled upon the whale's white hump the sum of all the general rage and hate felt by his whole race from Adam down; and then, as if his chest had been a mortar, he burst his hot heart's shell upon it.

Herman Melville

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

HeartHateWhiteDownRaceHot

Stuff that's hidden and murky and ambiguous is scary because you don't know what it does.

Jerry Garcia

YouKnowHiddenScaryBecauseStuff

When Picasso painted in Paris, was he a Spanish or a French painter? It does not matter, he was Picasso, whatever the influences surrounding him. He simply chose Paris because it was the ideal place for him to sell his creation.

Jean-Jacques Annaud

PlaceParisCreationMatterWhatever

I came to Chelsea because one club and one coach believed in me.

Alvaro Morata

MeCoachClubBecauseI CameCame

I've worked with many powerful men in the music industry.

Tori Amos

MusicMenPowerfulIndustryMany

We need people out talking about the President, explaining, agreeing with and praising his actions.

Robert Teeter

PeopleTalkingPresidentNeedOut

The bandstand is a sacred place.

Wynton Marsalis

PlaceSacredBandstand

I don't care how much you know, how many books you read, how you much you study and, you know, how educated you are, you're still going to struggle. Life is challenging.

Susan L. Taylor

LifeStruggleCareYouKnowStudy

People still seem to think that they should vote themselves money. They seem to think there is stuff which they think is the government's job, when it's really the individual's job.

Penn Jillette

MoneyJobGovernmentPeopleThink

If something is really outrageous, it doesn't matter if it is one culture, or another, it's outrageous.

Sheryl WuDunn

CultureMatterSomethingOutrageous

I kind of look at my modeling career and the Hitchcock years as stepping stones to what I'm doing now.

Tippi Hedren

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I was a professional gambler. When I lived in London, there were a couple of years when I didn't really earn money doing anything else. I mean, I did other things: like, I made work, and I was working with Derek Jarman at the time, but the way I made money was putting money on horses.

Tilda Swinton

WorkTimeMoneyDoingProfessional

I don't want you to think that I'm up late reading a stack of Spider-Man comics and eating a tray of lemon cookies while sucking my thumb. I'm not doing that. But I am loyal to the influences of my childhood.

Nicolas Cage

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