--- title: "9 Specimens Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 9 Specimens quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Specimens sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce1/patrick-o-brian-2283_mountains_i-ve-come-down-from-the-mountains-with-a_1282327.png" --- > [“I've come down from the mountains, with an ass-full of specimens...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/i-ve-come-down-from-the-mountains-with-an-ass-full-of-specimens/) [Patrick O'Brian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-o-brian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce1/patrick-o-brian-2283_mountains_i-ve-come-down-from-the-mountains-with-a_1282327.png) > [“Perfect specimens for an exacting science...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-e-meredith/perfect-specimens-for-an-exacting-science/) [D.E. Meredith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-e-meredith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7bd/d-e-meredith-229841_science_perfect-specimens-for-an-exacting-scienc_2554532.jpg) > [I've been collecting rocks since I was 8 and have over 200 different specimens.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-yellen/i-ve-been-collecting-rocks-since-i-was-8-and-have-over-200-different/) [Janet Yellen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-yellen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dcb/janet-yellen-2828_been_i-ve-been-collecting-rocks-since-i-was-8_3223789.png) > [I wish I had eight pairs of hands, and another body to shoot the specimens.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-james-audubon/i-wish-i-had-eight-pairs-of-hands-and-another-body-to-shoot-the/) [John James Audubon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-james-audubon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69c/john-james-audubon-9371_body_i-wish-i-had-eight-pairs-of-hands-and-an_923394.jpg) > [I have in hands, now, specimens of bottom from t he Gulf Stream, obtained by Lieutenant Craven, and I can say that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-forbes/i-have-in-hands-now-specimens-of-bottom-from-t-he-gulf-stream/) [Edward Forbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-forbes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a37/edward-forbes-31709_bottom_i-have-in-hands-now-specimens-of-bottom_2942557.jpg) > [You know, of course, the specimens are not alive. We have to fix them in a fixing liquid formaldehyde and then we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lennart-nilsson/you-know-of-course-the-specimens-are-not-alive-we-have-to-fix-them-in/) [Lennart Nilsson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lennart-nilsson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57c/lennart-nilsson-36039_alive_you-know-of-course-the-specimens-are-not_669048.png) > [There is no part of the country where in the summer you cannot get a sufficient supply of the best specimens. Teach…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-agassiz/there-is-no-part-of-the-country-where-in-the-summer-you-cannot-get-a/) [Louis Agassiz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-agassiz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7d/louis-agassiz-13482_booksellers_there-is-no-part-of-the-country-where-in_3065639.jpg) > [Of what use are the great number of petrifactions, of different species, shape and form which are dug up by naturalists? Perhaps…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-linnaeus/of-what-use-are-the-great-number-of-petrifactions-of-different/) [Carl Linnaeus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-linnaeus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/816/carl-linnaeus-18673_animal_of-what-use-are-the-great-number-of-petr_2194202.jpg) > [“As specimens go, they always get excited about me. I'm a good one. A show-stopper. I'm the kind of kid they'll still…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenni-fagan/as-specimens-go-they-always-get-excited-about-me-i-m-a-good-one-a/) [Jenni Fagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenni-fagan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9c/jenni-fagan-62599_ten-years_as-specimens-go-they-always-get-excited_133709.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/specimens/#itemlist", "name": "Specimens Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I've come down from the mountains, with an ass-full of specimens...”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Patrick O'Brian" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/i-ve-come-down-from-the-mountains-with-an-ass-full-of-specimens/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce1/patrick-o-brian-2283_mountains_i-ve-come-down-from-the-mountains-with-a_1282327.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce1/patrick-o-brian-2283_mountains_i-ve-come-down-from-the-mountains-with-a_1282327.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce1/patrick-o-brian-2283_mountains_i-ve-come-down-from-the-mountains-with-a_1282327.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I've come down from the mountains, with an ass-full of specimens...” — Patrick O'Brian", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Perfect specimens for an exacting science...”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "D.E. 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Perhaps the collection of such specimens is sheer vanity and inquisitiveness. I do not presume to say; but we find in our mountains the rarest animals, shells, mussels, and corals embalmed in stone, as it were, living specimens of which are now being sought in vain throughout Europe. 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I'm a good one. A show-stopper. I'm the kind of kid they'll still enquire about ten years later. Fifty-one placements, drug problems, violence, dead adopted mum, no biological links, constant offending. Tick, tick, tick. I lure them in to being with. Cultivate my specimen face. They like that. Do-gooders are vomit-worthy. Damaged goods are dangerous. The ones that are in it cos the thought it would be a step up from an office job are tedious. The ones who've been in too long lose it. The ones who think they've got the Jesus touch are fucking insane. The I can save you brigade are particularly radioactive. 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