As I began researching butterflies, however, the monarch stood out among all of them. It's the only butterfly - the only insect… — Mary Alice Monroe Copy Share Image
I have no use for the kind of God who goes walking in his garden with a stick, sends his friends to… — Gustave Flaubert Copy Share Image
Adam hid in the Garden of Eden. Moses tried to substitute his brother. Jonah jumped a boat and was swallowed by a… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
Thanks to a lot of people, not just myself, Whale Rider had an amazing impact emotionally, and people remember it. I count… — Keisha Castle-Hughes 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
Claiming there is no other life in the universe is like scooping up some water, looking at the cup and claiming there… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
As you know, the fossil record includes not only the ancestors of crocodiles and whales, but also the ancestors of human beings.… — Kenneth R. Miller Copy Share Image
To me, these biblical stories are just so many fish stories, and I'm not specifically referring to Jonah and the whale. I… — W. C. Fields Copy Share Image
“Our good ship also seemed like a thing of life, its great iron heart beating on through calm and storm, a truly… — John Muir Copy Share Image
“It was then I truly realised the whale is no more a fish than I am. So much blood. This was not… — Carol Birch Copy Share Image
The great American writer Herman Melville says somewhere in The White Whale that a man ought to be 'a patriot to heaven,'… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
Regardless of its purpose, the humpback-whale song is the most complex piece of nonhuman composition on earth. Whether it's art, prayer, or… — Christopher Moore 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 have been honored to serve the whales, dolphins, seals - and all the other creatures on this Earth. Their beauty, intelligence,… — Paul Watson Copy Share Image
We were doing Scarface many years ago...and I remember having my coffee and looking at the beach, the surf, and I saw… — Al Pacino Copy Share Image
What have we been doing all these centuries but trying to call God back to the mountain, or, failing that, raise a… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
This isn't a hunt that's going to kill just four or five gray whales. The repercussions of this will have an effect… — Paul Watson Copy Share Image
Whales in mid-ocean, suspended in the waves of the sea great heaven of whales in the waters, old hierarchies. And enormous mother… — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
“[Conservation] Barring that, just yell at people randomly to stop killing whales. It could catch on. Really. ("Would you like fries with… — Christopher Moore Copy Share Image
Then, there was Greenpeace, I remember that when they first started out with the boats in the waters, and the guys in… — Rick Danko Copy Share Image
Agassiz does recommend authors to eat fish, because the phosphorus in it makes brains. But I cannot help you to a decision… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I am the greatest, wearing the latest. Cant ride a bike, so I dress like a dyke. I'm out on the beach,… — Juicy J Copy Share Image
I’ve wrestled with alligators, I’ve tussled with a whale. I done handcuffed lightning And throw thunder in jail. You know I’m bad.… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
Studying the behavior of large whales has been likened to astronomy. The observer glimpses his subjects, often at long range; he cannot… — Hal Whitehead Copy Share Image
“You grow up readings about pirates and cowboys and spacemen and stuff, and just when you think the world's all full of… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Tobias asked. "Weird? Weird?" Marco crowed. "The talking bird wants to know if getting information on the location of an alien from… — Anonymous 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
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
We are the bird's eggs. Bird's eggs, flowers, butterflies, rabbits, cows, sheep, we are caterpillars; we are leaves of ivy and springs… — Susan Griffin Copy Share Image
If we return abruptly to a Miocene-like climate, it's reasonable to think that we would experience a lot of extinctions, and maybe… — Annalee Newitz 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
Culture, which by definition serves no purpose, has now found a role as the consort of business. Right off the bat we… — Corinne Maier 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
“What are you working on?" Elizabeth asked. Nate could hear her tapping a pencil on her desk. She took notes during their… — Christopher Moore Copy Share Image
“In the November 2006 issue of Science, a report by an international team of scientists studying a vast amount of data gathered… — Peter Heller 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
So, too, if, to our surprise, we should meet one of these morons whose remarks are so conspicuous a part of the… — Wallace Stevens 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
“Letter 68 A pod of whales was lying like long reclining Buddhas on the sea. My sister and I put our ears… — Gregory Colbert Copy Share Image
A story of remarkable simplicity and charm. A young swimmer invites us into sea off the coast of California where through her… — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
![“[Conservation] Barring that, just yell at people randomly to stop killing whales. It could catch on. Really. ("Would you like fries with that?" "Shut up and stop killing whales!" "Thank you. Drive through, please.")” quote by Christopher Moore](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/6e7/christopher-moore-353_christopher-moore_conservation-barring-that-just-yell-at-p_1478469.jpg)
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