Whales Quotes

Whales who come up and spout off get harpooned.

— Henry Kravis

A whale out of water is over-run by ants.

— Laozi

Save the Whales - Collect the whole set!

— Anonymous

If swimming is so good for your figure, how do you explain whales?

— Anonymous

Whales are drinking all our water and eating our sailors.

— Maddox

He: "Whale you be my valentine?" She: "Dolphinitely.

— Adam Young

All killer whales are named Kevin. You knew that, right?

— Christopher Moore

To tell you the truth you are a giant whale turd... inside joke 5

— Candie

So concisely, musically we are the herb So sit back and light me. Inhale... My style's kinda fat, reminiscent of a whale.

— Q-Tip

Many people cycle or swim to keep trim. But if swimming is so good for the figure, how do you explain whales?

— Charles Saatchi

For ocean, whale is a small fish; for wise man, small fish is an ocean! Sun, hides in the candle!

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

The immense cities lie basking on the beaches of the continent like whales that have taken to the land.

— Arnold J. Toynbee

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

— Nicolas Cage

I went whale watching once. It was very similar to watching people on a boat become disappointed.

— Demetri Martin

“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…

— Bronwen Wallace

We wanna save the whales, we'll watch them feed. Buzz around them in boats, 'til they won't breed.

— Dead Kennedys

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

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

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

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

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

Then, there was Greenpeace, I remember that when they first started out with the boats in the waters, and the guys in…

— Rick Danko

Agassiz does recommend authors to eat fish, because the phosphorus in it makes brains. But I cannot help you to a decision…

— Mark Twain

“[Conservation] Barring that, just yell at people randomly to stop killing whales. It could catch on. Really. ("Would you like fries with…

— Christopher Moore

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

He rose and turned toward the lights of town. The tidepools bright as smelterpots among the dark rocks where the phosphorescent seacrabs…

— Cormac McCarthy

I don’t know. There are times when I get the feeling he can’t tell me from Nynia. I think he loves her…

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

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

In clear weather the laziest may look across the Bay as far as Plymouth at a glance, or over the Atlantic as…

— Henry David Thoreau

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

— Sandra Steingraber

Brooding, she changed the pool into the sea, and made the minnows into sharks and whales, and cast vast clouds over this…

— Virginia Woolf

Once upon a time, when men and women hurtled through the air on metal wings, when they wore webbed feet and walked…

— Anonymous

“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

“They are forever looking into the nooks and crannies of a thing, whatever the thing may be. Always up very early or…

— Michelle Cuevas

One of my own stray childhood fears had been to wonder what a whale might feel like had it been born and…

— Douglas Coupland

“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

“There is a big difference between living in a society that hunts whales and living in one that views them. Nature is…

— Mark Kurlansky

“Nobody knows what the whales may have to click and clack about, but it could be a form of voting-time to stop…

— Natalie Angier

“Nate had been born and raised in British Columbia, and Canadians hate, above all things, to offend. It was part of the…

— Christopher Moore

“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