Quotes about whales
whales reason knows
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.
whales
Paul Watson All of the great whales are endangered.
whales giving forever
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.
whales creatures
Ralph Waldo Emerson I suppose you could never explain to the most ingenous molusk that such a creature as a whale existed.
whales fishing minnows
Joseph Campbell We are standing on a whale fishing for minnows.
whales atmosphere needs
James Lovelock The entire range of living matter on Earth from whales to viruses and from oaks to algae could be regarded as constituting a single living entity capable of maintaining the Earth's atmosphere to suit its overall needs and endowed with faculties and powers far beyond those of its constituent parts.
whales beast eternity
Bob Kerrey Like Jonah, the whale had swallowed me; unlike him, I believed I would spend eternity inside the belly of the beast.
whales water-lily world
Daniel Quinn The world must live. We are only one species among billions. The gods don't love us any more than they love spiders or bears or whales or water lilies.
whales kevin killers
Christopher Moore All killer whales are named Kevin. You knew that, right?
whales car police
Christopher Moore Actually, orcas aren't quite as complex as scientists imagine. Most killer whales are just four tons of doofus dressed up like a police car.
whales ideas miracle
Thomas Paine The story of the whale swallowing Jonah, though a whale is large enough to do it, borders greatly on the marvelous; but it would have approached nearer to the idea of a miracle if Jonah had swallowed the whale.
whales errors feelings
Thomas Szasz Classifying thoughts, feelings and behaviors as diseases is a logical and semantic error, like classifying whale as fish.
whales world-war-z bros
Max Brooks Whatever bro, tell it to the whales
whales crowds kind
Bill Condon We knew that there was a certain kind of interest in Whale among a genre crowd.
whales elephants brain
Bill Bryson Absolute brain size does not tell you everything or possibly sometimes even much. Elephants and whales both have brains larger than ours, but you wouldn't have much trouble outwitting them in contract negotiations.
whales ants fine
Bill Vaughan The whale is endangered, while the ant continues to do just fine.
whales flames giving
Herman Melville Aye, aye! and I'll chase him round Good Hope, and round the Horn, and round the Norway Maelstrom, and round perdition's flames before I give him up.
whales records delicacy
Herman Melville It is upon record, that three centuries ago the tongue of the Right Whale was esteemed a great delicacy in France, and commanded large prices there.
whales silent caught
Herman Melville It is only when caught in the swift, sudden turn of death, that mortals realise the silent, subtle, ever-present perils of life.
whales weight killers
J. K. Rowling Dudley had reached roughly the size and weight of a young killer whale.
whales people greed
Kurt Vonnegut A great swindle of our time is the assumption that science has made religion obsolete. All science has damaged is the story of Adam and Eve and the story of Jonah and the Whale. Everything else holds up pretty well, particularly lessons about fairness and gentleness. People who find those lessons irrelevant in the twentieth century are simply using science as an excuse for greed and harshness. Science has nothing to do with it, friends.