Moby Dick Quotes
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The chapters on whaling in MOBY DICK can be omitted by all but the most punishment-loving readers.
— William Goldman
Optimists are those who go after Moby dick in a row boat with a bucket of tarter sauce.
— Zig Ziglar
Even though I hadn't read a word of it, I grew up hating 'Moby-Dick.'
— Nathaniel Philbrick
I don't want truth, Palmer; I want smoke!"Captain Ahearn: Waiting For Willie Pete — Byron Edgington
An intense copper calm, like a universal yellow lotus, was more and more unfolding its noiseless measureless leaves upon the sea.
— Herman Melville
I try all things, I achieve what I can.
— Herman Melville
He could've penned a rendition of Moby Dick in Pig Latin and he wouldn't have been the wiser.
— Kelly Moran
Command the murderous chalices ... Drink ye harpooners! drink and swear, ye men that man the deathful whaleboat's bowDeath to Moby Dick! — Herman Melville
If you live on Nantucket, you can't avoid its history, and 'Moby Dick' is the way most of us get into Nantucket's history.
— Nathaniel Philbrick
From beneath his slouched hat Ahab dropped a tear into the sea; nor did all the Pacific contain such wealth as that one wee drop.
— Herman Melville
But Faith, like a jackal, feeds among the tombs, and even from these dead doubts she gathers her most vital hope. (Moby Dick; Chap 7 p36)
— Herman Melville
Renee: "You know what I did when I finished Moby Dick?"David: "You harpooned the guy that sold you the book? — John C. Stipa
It is no less difficult to write a sentence in a recipe than sentences in Moby Dick. So you might as well write Moby Dick.
— Annie Dillard
It's a tiny bestseller, but, officially yes. But, hey, most people haven't read Moby-Dick, so why the hell should they read my book?
— Richard Linklater
My life is littered with copies of Moby Dick.
— Peter O'Toole
You know you're in a tough place in your life when you decide now's a good time to start Moby Dick.
— Ben Monopoli
'Moby-Dick' has a remarkable way of resonating with whatever is going on in the world at that particular moment.
— Nathaniel Philbrick
But vain to popularize profundities, and all truth is profound.
— Herman Melville
I'm so optimistic, I'd go after Moby Dick in a rowboat and take the tartar sauce with me.
— Zig Ziglar
Every time Elvis sings, he makes a bargain with the devil -- just like Captain Ahab in MOBY DICK!
— Greil Marcus
Reading 'Moby-Dick' helps you discover how to live.
— Nathaniel Philbrick
'Baltimore' the series is inspired by all kinds of things, from 'Moby Dick' to 'Dracula.'
— Christopher Golden
But the reason why the grave-digger made music must have been because there was none in his spade
— Herman Melville
Old age is always wakeful; as if, the longer linked with life, the less man has to do with aught that looks like death. (moby dick chap 29 p123)
— Herman Melville
I held a beautiful leather-bound copy of Moby Dick in one hand and my Moby dick in the other.
— Nick Pageant
When facing a difficult task, act as though it is impossible to fail. If you are going after Moby Dick, take along the tartar sauce.
— H. Jackson Brown Jr.
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— John Irving
In graduate school, I was a student of E.L. Doctorow, and he had us read 'Moby-Dick' in a week.
— Garth Risk Hallberg
