“What is the difference between a cathedral and a physics lab? Are not they both saying: Hello? We spy on whales and… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
Seamen have a custom, when they meet a whale, to fling him out an empty tub by way of amusement, to divert… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
The fact is, Japan's whaling is illegal, so just because there is a natural disaster in Japan is no reason for us… — Paul Watson Copy Share Image
The penguin doesn't know it's cute, and the leopard seal doesn't know it's kind of big and monstrous. This is just the… — Paul Nicklen Copy Share Image
Anyhow, there simply isnt enough room in the museums Fishes Hall, so weve decided to pretend to the public that a whale… — Gideon Defoe Copy Share Image
Last week we went to the museum. A whole whale is hanging from the ceiling. Bigger than big! OK, have you seen… — Sapphire Copy Share Image
I was very lucky. I was just finishing my PhD at Cambridge in 1981. This opportunity came up because whaling was drawing… — Hal Whitehead Copy Share Image
“The porpoises and whale themselves, in their quests for entertainment, often created problems. One summer a fashion developed in the training tanks… — Karen Pryor Copy Share Image
Scientists have suggested that some whale deaths could be a result of marine noise, often a result of military activity, offshore drilling… — Tatiana Schlossberg Copy Share Image
“Oh, Starbuck! it is a mild, mild wind, and a mild looking sky. On such a day - very much such a… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
“...as a mark of gratitude for his previous patronage, and a slight super-added morsel after breakfast, put likewise into his hand a… — Nathaniel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
It was a real whale, a photograph of a real whale. I looked into its tiny wise eye and wondered where that… — Miranda July Copy Share Image
[Footnote:] Pliny the Elder described a Whale called "Balaena or Whirlpool, which is so long and broad as to take up more… — Will Cuppy Copy Share Image
This morning I saw a coyote walking through the sagebrush right at the very edge of the ocean ― next stop China.… — Richard Brautigan Copy Share Image
I flew out here on Southwest Airlines. Southwest has a plane that's painted like Shamu the whale from Sea World. Yeah, that'll… — Robert Schimmel Copy Share Image
I don't like to be dismissive of whales speaking possibilities. There is a pretty New Age-y, poorly thought set of ideas about… — Hal Whitehead Copy Share Image
Know your load. That's rule numero uno in this business, which is why I make them count the penguins out in front… — Jacob M. Appel Copy Share Image
“I couldn't help wondering where porpoises had learned this game of running on the bows of ships. Porpoises have been swimming in… — Karen Pryor Copy Share Image
It's funny, I'm very analytical in my real life, but in terms of my films, I try to not analyze them at… — Noah Baumbach Copy Share Image
John Lilly suggests whales are a culture maintained by oral traditions. Stories. The experience of an individual whale is valuable to the… — Terry Tempest Williams Copy Share Image
Must whales and dolphins be subjected to deafening noise that will cause more than 3.5 million instances of temporary and/or permanent hearing… — Pierce Brosnan Copy Share Image
“One morning, as usual, Ahab went for a walk along the quarter-deck. He stopped before the mainmast and glanced at the gold… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
“Transient orcas?” Beck leaned toward the monitor as images of whales flashed on screen. “Subspecies of killer whale,” said Ring. “Highly specialized.… — Kenneth G. Bennett Copy Share Image
“American whale oil lit the world. It was used in the production of soap, textiles, leather, paints, and varnishes, and it lubricated… — Eric Jay Dolin Copy Share Image
“Is it not curious, that so vast a being as the whale should see the world through so small an eye, and… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
One of my own stray childhood fears had been to wonder what a whale might feel like had it been born and… — Douglas Coupland Copy Share Image
It's kind of ironic that when you look at the evidence of intelligence and so on, a lot of it is anecdotal.… — Hal Whitehead Copy Share Image
When it comes to brains, size matters. It's not all that matters, of course. Whales and dolphins have brains that are larger… — Seth Shostak Copy Share Image
All men live enveloped in whale-lines. All are born with halters round their necks; but it is only when caught in the… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
“The heroic and often tragic stories of American whalemen were renowned. They sailed the world’s oceans and brought back tales filled with… — Eric Jay Dolin Copy Share Image
“Anyhow,' one of the scientists was saying to another, 'there simply isn't room in the museum's Fishes Hall , so we've decided… — Gideon Defoe Copy Share Image
When I'm out in the ocean and I watch a seabird, I think, "Oh, I probably I know what that seabird is… — Hal Whitehead Copy Share Image
“Certainly on this planet it is not apparent that there are beings more intelligent than humans, although a case can be made… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
In New Zealand we had this colossal squid, which was discovered just off the shores of New Zealand, between New Zealand and… — Rhys Darby Copy Share Image
For the first time in my life I tried whale. It was very chewy and quite fatty. My friend had had whale… — Rose Leslie Copy Share Image
“Last year a baby orca and its mother wandered too far upriver from the ocean; we saw the story in The Oregonian.… — Jennie Shortridge Copy Share Image
If there is any kind of animal which is female and has no male separate from it, it is possible that this… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
“Another thing that got forgotten was the fact that against all probability a sperm whale had suddenly been called into existence several… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
“Whales can hear one another from hundreds of kilometres away, and each whale has a repertoire of characteristic ‘songs’ that may last… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“What do ye do when ye see a whale, men?” “Sing out for him!” was the impulsive rejoinder from a score of… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
![“[Footnote:] Pliny the Elder described a Whale called "Balaena or Whirlpool, which is so long and broad as to take up more in length and breadth than two acres of ground." This brings up again the old question: Are the classics doomed? Our ancestors believed that four years of this sort of…” quote by Will Cuppy](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/1c1/will-cuppy-7569_acres_footnote-pliny-the-elder-described-a-wha_84284.jpg)
