Far off, the geyser-like plumes of whales expelling water…

Everyone else on the planet, from the lowest amoebae to the great blue whale, expresses all their component elements in a perfect dance with…

— Nicholas Lore

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. just last…

— Muhammad Ali

Studying the behavior of large whales has been likened to astronomy. The observer glimpses his subjects, often at long range; he cannot do experiments,…

— Hal Whitehead

In the world outside this glass room, songbirds are feeding and resting in the trees. Some will take off tonight and not land until…

— Sandra Steingraber

Human passions unbridled by morality and religion...would break the stronges cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net.

— John Adams

I'm a Pisces but I'd rather be a killa whale.

— Andre Nickatina

I think training your instinct comes from writing and reading. There's no big secret. And reading slush helps, as well; I'd recommend everyone edit…

— Mary J. Miller

What I have against religion is that they start you when you are so defenseless. I mean, I was three when they started pumping…

— Bill Maher

[Footnote:] Pliny the Elder described a Whale called "Balaena or Whirlpool, which is so long and broad as to take up more in length…

— Will Cuppy

I love all animals. I have a fascination with fish, birds, whales - sentient life - insects, reptiles.

— Nicolas Cage

Suddenly the full long wail of a ship's horn surged through the open window and flooded the dim room - a cry of boundless,…

— Yukio Mishima

“It's all in the opposition of the thumbs. For all we know, whales sing in three act plays—but they can't write them down.”

— Bronwen Wallace

The artist has to be something like a whale swimming with his mouth wide open, absorbing everything until he has what he really needs.

— Romare Bearden

Must whales and dolphins be subjected to deafening noise that will cause more than 3.5 million instances of temporary and/or permanent hearing loss? For…

— Pierce Brosnan

Now behind the eyes and secrets of the dreamers in the streets rocked to sleep by the sea, see the titbits and topsyturvies, bobs…

— Dylan Thomas