Quotes about Author
If I seem to boast more than is becoming, my excuse is that I brag for humanity rather than for myself; and my shortcomings and inconsistencies do not affect the truth of my statement.
— Henry David Thoreau
Give not thyself up, then, to fire, lest it invert thee, deaden thee, as for the time it did me. There is a wisdom that is woe; but there is a woe that is madness.
— Herman Melville
Thought he, it's a wicked world in all meridians; I'll die a pagan.
— Herman Melville
What are the comprehensible terrors of man compared with the interlinked terrors and wonders of God!
— Herman Melville
The classification of the constituents of a chaos, nothing less is here essayed.
— Herman Melville
Wild rumours abound, wherever there is any adequate reality for them to cling to.
— Herman Melville
and man, though idiotic, and knowing not what he does, yet full of the sweet things of love and gratitude.
— Herman Melville
I deny their credentials as whales; and have presented them with their passports to quit the Kingdom of Cetology.
— Herman Melville
It's an all-fired outrage to tell any human creature that he's bound to hell.
— Herman Melville
About 40 years ago I had an experience where I wrote a tract.
— Tim LaHaye
Years ago on my radio show, I used to say, 'I'm a conservative, but I'm not in a bad mood about it.' I've always believed that civility in heavy doses is essential in self-government.
— Mike Pence
My oldest son, Gary, is a seasoned minister and travels with me for ministers' conferences.
— David Wilkerson