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16 quotes by Jack London

John Griffith "Jack" London (born John Griffith Chaney, January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916) was an American author, journalist, and social activist. He was a pioneer in the then-burgeoning world of commercial magazine fiction and was one of the first fiction writers to obtain worldwide celebrity and a large fortune from his fiction alone. Some of his most famous works include The Call of the Wild and White Fang, both set in the Klondike Gold...
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Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well.

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You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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If cash comes with fame, come fame; if cash comes without fame, come cash.

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I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.

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There is an ecstasy that marks the summit of life, and beyond which life cannot rise. And such is the paradox of living, this ecstasy comes when one... →

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Life is so short. I would rather sing one song than interpret the thousand.

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Affluence means influence.

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Do you know the only value life has is what life puts on itself?

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One cannot violate the promptings of one's nature without having that nature recoil upon itself.

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The scab is a traitor to his God, his mother, and his class.

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