Whaleman Quotes

#1. The traits I respect are erudition and the courage to stand up when half-men are afraid for their reputation. Any idiot can be intelligent. - Author: Nassim Nicholas Taleb

#2. Knowledge has outstripped character development, and the young today are given an education rather than an upbringing. - Author: Ilya Ehrenburg

#3. Perseus, St. George, Hercules, Jonah, and Vishnoo! there's a member-roll for you! What club but the whaleman's can head off like that? - Author: Herman Melville

#4. In my definition of consciousness, consciousness is the same thing as life. What wisdom traditions also call spirit. - Author: Deepak Chopra

#5. I am so proud to be from New Orleans and to be one of those people who had been displaced. I wasn't there during that time, but that's where I come from, that kind of poverty, and I'm very, very proud of that because it's given me my history. - Author: Tyler Perry

#6. Music move God, just as it does lucifer. Something they both have in common. - Author: Niyigiraimbabazi Zacharia

#7. When I was younger, I did lots of plays, put on shows for Mum and Dad, made my brother dress up in ridiculous tutus and whatnot to perform in front of them. I think my pre-primary report was like, 'Has a flair for drama' - it was just a little side note. - Author: Olivia DeJonge

#8. Those few people who do respond to the dire conditions of the future - journalists, environmentalists, behavioral scientists - tend not to be powerful. - Author: B.F. Skinner

#9. At least you know that you're crazy. That means you have the potential to recover. - Author: Mira Grant

#10. I don't want anyone to do anything except come run, party, dance, eat, and hang with us. Running isn't about making people buy stuff. Running should be free, man. - Author: Micah True

#11. Only a few things in life matter a little. The rest don't matter at all. - Author: John Cleese

#12. I am just going. Have me decently buried; and do not let my body be put into the Vault in less than three days after I am dead ... Tis well. - Author: George Washington