Whale Quotes

132 quotes by 111 authors

The real threat to whales is whaling, which has endangered many whale species. — Dave Barry
I wanted to do something creatively, having been a beached whale for many months and nursing my daughter. — Tori Amos
When that happens [the demise of golf], old men will furtively beckon to their sons and, like fugitives from the guillotine recalling the elegant orgies… — Alistair Cooke
If the Bible had said that Jonah swallowed the whale, I would believe it. — William Jennings Bryan
To wake up in England and have the newspaper on your front door with a headline that says, 'Ozzie's Beach Whale of a Daughter,' doesn't… — Kelly Osbourne
Sometimes I find myself thinking, rather wistfully, about Lao Tzu's famous dictum: 'Govern a great nation as you would cook a small fish.' All around… — William Carlos Williams
In my opinion the separation of the c- and ac-stars is the most important advancement in stellar classification since the trials by Vogel and Secchi… — Ejnar Hertzsprung
I'm a Pisces but I'd rather be a killa whale. — Andre Nickatina
My songs emerge unbidden and unplanned and completely on a schedule of their own...We have, all of us, over the years, written things that responded… — David Crosby
CSPS is a breath of musical fresh air. With a whale sized hooks and neck wrenching riffs youâ€™ll have more than you need to fall… — Brett Hestla
What I have against religion is that they start you when you are so defenseless. I mean, I was three when they started pumping this… — Bill Maher
What other creature, besides the lion, the tiger, and the whale, can answer Creation in its own language? — John Vaillant
You canâ€™t take everything on. Thatâ€™s why when people ask how does this film fit into my oeuvre. I say 'I donâ€™t know. I donâ€™t… — David Fincher
To me, these biblical stories are just so many fish stories, and I'm not specifically referring to Jonah and the whale. I need indisputable proof… — W.C. Fields
To have a huge, friendly whale willingly approach your boat and look you straight in the eye is without doubt one of the most extraordinary… — Mark Carwardine
Seamen have a custom, when they meet a whale, to fling him out an empty tub by way of amusement, to divert him from laying… — Jonathan Swift
And, as for me, if, by any possibility, there be any as yet undiscovered prime thing in me; if I shall ever deserve any real… — Herman Melville
A great swindle of our time is the assumption that science has made religion obsolete. All science has damaged is the story of Adam and… — Kurt Vonnegut
A whale is as unique as a cactus. But don't ask a whale to survive Death Valley. We all have special gifts. Where we use… — Max De Pree
Do you think if it was the fairy tale about a man who lived inside of a whale and it was religion that Jack built… — Bill Maher

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