Water can be a blessing or a curse. Too often we make conservation about saving a whale, a coral reef or a… — Alexandra Cousteau Copy Share Image
“We are not what we might be; what we are / Outlaws all extrapolation / Beyond the interval of now and here:… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
The story of the whale swallowing Jonah, though a whale is large enough to do it, borders greatly on the marvelous; but… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
They [gorillas] are brave and loyal. They help each other. They rival elephants as parents and whales for gentleness. They play and… — Pat Derby Copy Share Image
Everyone else on the planet, from the lowest amoebae to the great blue whale, expresses all their component elements in a perfect… — Nicholas Lore Copy Share Image
Actually, orcas aren't quite as complex as scientists imagine. Most killer whales are just four tons of doofus dressed up like a… — Christopher Moore Copy Share Image
Also, in the category of 'obvious but still shocking,' an animal called a 'killer whale' killed someone who was trying to play… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
“She’ll probably have all the work made up and a dozen stories written for The Oracle before I finish that one stupid… — Francine Pascal 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
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
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
“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
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
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
They were watching, out there past men's knowing, where stars are drowning and whales ferry their vast souls through the black and… — Cormac McCarthy Copy Share Image
Isimangaliso must be the only place on the globe where the oldest land mammal (rhinoceros) and the world biggest terrestrial mammal (elephant)… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
You can't write a novel all at once, any more than you can swallow a whale in one gulp. You do have… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
I've been diving for about 30 years, and I can honestly say that I've had some amazing encounters with sharks, squids, and… — Brian Skerry Copy Share Image
Surely all God's people, however serious or savage, great or small, like to play. Whales and elephants, dancing, humming gnats, and invisibly… — John Muir Copy Share Image
The rewards we get by being those weird guys going against the grain to me are way more massive than selling a… — Lupe Fiasco Copy Share Image
I will love you as the iceberg loves the ship, and the passengers love the lifeboat and the lifeboat loves the teeth… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
She has great breasts," the Colonel said without looking up from the whale. "DO NOT OBJECTIFY WOMEN'S BODIES!" Alaska shouted. Now he… — John Green Copy Share Image
Shamu the killer whale is Sea World's Mickey Mouse; whales named Shamu are the star attractions of three parks and the focus… — Nina Easton Copy Share Image
I have been honoured to serve the whales, dolphins, seals - and all the other creatures on this Earth. Their beauty, intelligence,… — Paul Watson 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
But I'll never see any of those fish," said Maxie."Or those whales. Or any lions or tigers. I'm never going to set… — Charlie Higson Copy Share Image
I see the regions of snow and ice, I see the sharp-eyed Samoiede and the Finn, I see the seal-seeker in his… — James Joyce Copy Share Image
There is the life of the plankton in almost endless variety; there are the many kinds of fish, both surface and bottom… — Alister Hardy Copy Share Image
Cultures have long heard wisdom in non-human voices: Apollo, god of music, medicine and knowledge, came to Delphi in the form of… — Jay Griffiths Copy Share Image
I feel certain that the largest part of all photographs ever taken or being taken or ever to be taken, is and… — Ben Maddow Copy Share Image
Creation is all things and us. It is us in relationship with all things. All things, the ones we see and the… — Matthew Fox Copy Share Image
Pirate Dreams Needles and pins, Needles and pins, Sew me a sail to catch me the wind. Sew me a sail strong… — Shel Silverstein 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
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
“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
“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
When did you get so smart?" He tapped his forehead. "Brain transplant. They put in a whale's. I'm passing all my classes… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
We live in an age when you can prowl the streets of major cities and find human beings offering themselves in store… — Matthew Scully Copy Share Image
![“They [gorillas] are brave and loyal. They help each other. They rival elephants as parents and whales for gentleness. They play and have humor and they harm nothing. They are what we should be. I don't know if we'll ever get there.” quote by Pat Derby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/4dc/pat-derby-66142_brave_they-gorillas-are-brave-and-loyal-they-h_1708873.jpg)
![“[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/quotes/img-quotes/1c1/will-cuppy-7569_acres_footnote-pliny-the-elder-described-a-wha_84284.jpg)
