Whale Draughtsmen Quote by Herman Melville

“For all these reasons, then, any way you may look at it, you must needs conclude that the great Leviathan is that one creature…

— Herman Melville

“Now the various species of whales need some sort of popular comprehensive classification, if only an easy outline one for the present, hereafter to…

— Herman Melville

“Whales are like elephants of the sea. They have family structures, mannerisms, and habits that are similar to our own.”

— Terri Irwin

I wanted to make connections between Whale's past and present.

— Bill Condon

“The more I consider this mighty tail, the more do I deplore my inability to express it. At times there are gestures in it,…

— Herman Melville

We knew that there was a certain kind of interest in Whale among a genre crowd.

— Bill Condon

“Not long ago, a whale biologist named Phillip Clapham sent me a photograph that illustrates the consequences of life without a doorman. Like most…

— Mary Roach

Anyhow, there simply isnt enough room in the museums Fishes Hall, so weve decided to pretend to the public that a whale is actually…

— Gideon Defoe

Whales have become newly symbolic of real values in a world environment of which man is newly aware. Whales live in families, they play…

— Victor Blanchard Scheffer

“*The ancient whale-cry upon first sighting a whale from the mast-head, still used by whalemen in hunting the famous Gallipagos terrapin.”

— Herman Melville

The gulfing whale was like a dot in the spell. Yet look upon it, and 'twould size and swell To its huge self, and…

— William Blake

To have a huge, friendly whale willingly approach your boat and look you straight in the eye is without doubt one of the most…

— Mark Carwardine