Famous Quotes & Sayings

Mary Roach

Meteorite hunting is not for wimps. The best places to look are also the coldest and windiest. You need very old ice, and you need wind, lots of it, strong and unrelenting. Antarctica fits the bill.

Sam Abell

I would like to go to Antarctica. That's about all.

John Spencer

It's like flying past Antarctica and finding that it's warmer than the earth's equatorial regions. It's that strange.

Kate Atkinson

When I started 'Case Histories,' the characters were all going to Antarctica on a cruise. The first part was called 'Embarkation.' It was supposed to be about everyone preparing to embark on the cruise, but it mushroomed into an entire book.

Charlie Hartwell

That's all dependent on the wind and weather. Life in Antarctica is controlled by those two things.

Paul Watson

Does Greenpeace think it can stop whaling in Antarctica by publicly eating whale meat and declaring it delicious? What are these people thinking?

Isabella Velicogna

Antarctica is Earth's largest reservoir of fresh water.

John Spencer

This is as astonishing as if we'd flown past Earth and found that Antarctica was warmer than the Sahara.

Lewis Gordon Pugh

The swim at Deception Island was by far the hardest swim I've ever done. Antarctica is a very unforgiving environment. If you don't train properly, you'll die.

Wilson Mizner

A fellow who is always declaring he's no fool usually has his suspicions.

Jeff Southard

We're not going to be able to get away with throwing $200 million or $300 million at this and declaring victory and moving on.

Bill Keller

it sounds like the administration is declaring war at home on the values it professes to be promoting abroad.

Ned Riley

The markets got a little premature declaring victory last week and the shorts rushed in to cover. Now enthusiasm has dissipated and the selling pressure is on. People are realizing that the war is going to be longer and more drawn out than anticipated.

Desmond Lachman

This plays very well politically in those countries. Prepaying the IMF is declaring independence.

Tom Gallagher

Often declaring losses on the prior year's return can lead to a larger deduction.

Frances Beinecke

Declaring the San Gabriel Mountains a national monument will make this natural wonder more accessible. It will welcome people from all walks of life and maintain the mountains' wild character at the same time.

Aluf Benn

This is the first time that an incumbent prime minister is declaring his intention of dismantling dozens of settlements, and nothing is happening. No demonstrations and protests, no rebellion within the party, and no media uproar.

Michael Defensor

The president will sign a proclamation declaring a state of emergency.

Paul Watson

Greenpeace has a fast ship that could stop the whalers cold.

Paul Watson

I will not watch a whale die. I've not seen a whale die since I left Greenpeace in 1977.

Kellan Lutz

When I'm at craft services, I make the best-tasting, 10-layer meat and cheese sandwich with no bread.

Robert Moses

When you operate in an overbuilt metropolis, you have to hack your way with a meat ax,

Samuel Butler

The public buys its opinions as it buys its meat, or takes in its milk, on the principle that it is cheaper to do this than to keep a cow. So it is, but the milk is more likely to be watered.

Spencer Tracy

Not much meat on her, but what's there is cherce.

Audrey Singer

Take the poultry and meat packing industries. These used to be primarily native-born just 10, 12 years ago, and in some places ... they are now heavily foreign-born.

H. Hart

It just wasn't a fly-by or a PR deal. There was some meat to it.

Rachel Nichols

I have been known to go to the grocery store and just buy pepperoni. There's just something fantastic about salty, fatty meats.

Kim Basinger

As far as I'm concerned, I don't eat meat.

Preet Bharara

I'm a big fan of meat.

Kay Redfield Jamison

Moods are complicated and very much a part of who we are. People would be very boring without them.

Andrew Shue

I was lucky, because of Student Council, my classes, sports and social life, there were different people I had friendships with.

H. Hart

I would try to put more people on the road without doing any more hiring.

Don Miller

Just like I've been telling people all year, Ryan isn't going anywhere.

Jeff Palmer

Just watching the news, seeing what those people are going through, touches me,

Joe Horn

Just to make those people happy, it's all worthwhile.

Spencer Kayden

I surround myself with people I admire and respect. I have never tried to make anything happen. I don't know how long 'Urinetown' will run on Broadway, and I find myself strangely unconcerned about it.

MC Hammer

I think it is a shock to people to find out that MC Hammer is a super geek.

Dave Breitenfeld

I think, in general, most people in the public don't know what we do.

Judy Nadler

You have to publicly reprimand someone. If there are no consequences, things will not change. This is drive-by ethics.

Warren Farrell

The problem is that Americans care more about saving whales than saving males.

Wavy Gravy

Well, this week for example, I was just in Los Angeles making a documentary for German television on whales. They had tried to get me in England where they missed me.

George Gaylord Simpson

I don't know where to put whales. I'm sticking them here, but I don't have any reason for it.

Paul Watson

All of the great whales are endangered.

Paul Watson

I have been honored to serve the whales, dolphins, seals - and all the other creatures on this Earth. Their beauty, intelligence, strength, and spirit have inspired me. These beings have spoken to me, touched me, and I have been rewarded by friendship with many members of different species. If the whales survive and flourish, if the seals continue to live and give birth, and if I can contribute to ensuring their future prosperity, I will be forever happy.

Terry Pratchett

The Kappamaki, a whaling research ship, was currently researching the question: How many whales can you catch in one week?

Ralph Waldo Emerson

I suppose you could never explain to the most ingenous molusk that such a creature as a whale existed.

Joseph Campbell

We are standing on a whale fishing for minnows.

Karl Pilkington

I am into nature and seeing whales. I went whale-watching, and I was really looking forward to that, but when you see it on TV and you see other programs do it, you're seeing close-ups of these massive creatures, and the music that's added gives you a certain feeling.