Cuttlefish Quotes

6 quotes by 5 authors

• There is the life of the plankton in almost endless variety; there are the many kinds of fish, both surface and bottom living; there are… — Alister Hardy
• He that uses many words for explaining any subject, doth, like the cuttlefish, hide himself for the most part in his own ink. — John Ray
• Our disputants put me in mind of the cuttlefish that, when he is unable to extricate himself, blackens the water about him till he becomes… — Joseph Addison
• How did an allegedly free people spawn a vast, rampant cuttlefish of dominion with its tentacles in every orifice of the body politic? — P.J. O'Rourke
• A mass of Latin words falls upon the facts like soft snow, blurring the outline and covering up all the details. The great enemy of… — George Orwell
• The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims, one turns, as it were,… — George Orwell

Who Wrote These Cuttlefish Quotes

5 authors contributed a total of 6 Cuttlefish Quotes as follows:

• 2 Cuttlefish Quotes by George Orwell
• 1 Cuttlefish Quote by Alister Hardy
• 1 Cuttlefish Quote by John Ray
• 1 Cuttlefish Quote by Joseph Addison
• 1 Cuttlefish Quote by P.J. O'Rourke