Porpoises Quotes
13 quotes by 12 authors
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No good fish goes anywhere without a porpoise.
— Lewis Carroll
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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
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On this day there was soon wind enough and to spare. The same might have been said of the sea. The Spray was in the…
— Joshua Slocum
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I see the regions of snow and ice, I see the sharp-eyed Samoiede and the Finn, I see the seal-seeker in his boat poising his…
— James Joyce
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Lord, Madame, I have fed like a farmer; I shall grow as fat as a porpoise.
— Jonathan Swift
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Will you walk a little faster? said a whiting to a snail, "There's a porpoise close behind us, and he's treading on my tail! See…
— Lewis Carroll
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Our top story tonight: Famous TV dolphin flipper was arrested today on prostitution ring charges. He allegedly was seen transporting two 16 year olds across…
— Colin Mochrie
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There is no thing that with a twist of the imagination cannot be something else. Porpoises risen in a green sea, the wind at nightfall…
— William Carlos Williams
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…Then another porpoise broke the water and rolled toward us. A third and fourth porpoise neared. The visitation was something so rare and perfect that…
— Pat Conroy
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The porpoises said hello to Molly. She told them all her teeth were green.
— Dave Barry
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Leo scratched his head. “Well I dunno about Enchiladas-“ “Enceladus,†Piper corrected. “Whatever. But Old Potty Face mentioned another name. Porpoise Fear, or something?†“Porphyrion? 
— Rick Riordan
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He did not like the grown-ups who talked down to him, but the ones who went on talking in their usual way, leaving him to…
— T.H. White
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Forelimbs of people, porpoises, bats and horses provide the classic example of homology in most textbooks. They look different, and do different things, but are…
— Stephen Jay Gould
Who Wrote These Porpoises Quotes
12 authors contributed a total of 13 Porpoises Quotes as follows: