17 Quotes by Jack London
- The scab is a traitor to his God, his mother, and his class.
- The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.
- One cannot violate the promptings of one's nature without having that nature recoil upon itself.
- You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.
- If cash comes with fame, come fame; if cash comes without fame, come cash.
- I write for no other purpose than to add to the beauty that now belongs to me. I write a book for no other reason than to add three or four hundred acres to my magnificent estate.
- I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.
- I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.
- Darn the wheel of the world! Why must it continually turn over? Where is the reverse gear?
- Affluence means influence.
- A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog, when you are just as hungry as the dog.
- San Francisco is gone. Nothing remains of it but memories.
- You can't wait for inspiration, you have to chase after it with a club
- Do not wait for inspiration. Create it.
- You can't wait for inspiration, you have to go after it with a club
- You can't wait for inspiration, you have to go after it with a club.
- Adventure is just failure turned upside down.
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