Call me Ishmael.

"I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world."- Ishmael, Chapter One. 

"'Stop your grinning,' shouted I, 'and why didn't you tell me that that infernal harpooneer was a cannibal?'" - Ishmael, Chapter Three.

 "How it is I know not; but there is no place like a bed for confidential disclosures between friends." - Ishmael, Chapter 10.

 "Heaven have mercy on us all - Presbyterians and Pagans alike - for we are all somehow dreadfully cracked about the head, and sadly need mending." - Ishamael, Chapter 17.

 "Heaven have mercy on us all - Presbyterians and Pagans alike - for we are all somehow dreadfully cracked about the head, and sadly need mending." - Ishamael, Chapter 17.

"Think not, is my eleventh commandment; and sleep when you can, is my twelfth." - Stubb, Chapter 29.

 "There are certain queer times and occasions in this strange mixed affair we call life when a man takes this whole universe for a vast practical joke." - Ishmael, Chapter 49

"I try all things, I achieve what I can." - Ishmael, Chapter 79.

"To the last I grapple with thee; from hell's heart I stab at thee; for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee." - Captain Ahab, Chapter 135