Beaks Quote by Richard Madeley

“For an octopus, its arms are partly self”

— Peter Godfrey-Smith

Just as an octopus may have his den in some ocean cave, and come floating out a silent image of horror to attack a…

— Arthur Conan Doyle

Octopuses have hundreds of suckers, each one equipped with its own ganglion with thousands of neurons. These 'mini-brains' are interconnected, making for a widely…

— Frans de Waal

I was bitten by an octopus.

— Ted Cruz

“octopuses, far more than rats and pigeons, have their own ideas:”

— Peter Godfrey-Smith

“A giant octopus living way down deep at the bottom of the ocean. It has this tremendously powerful life force, a bunch of long,…

— Haruki Murakami

“The affection the aquarists felt for the octopus appeared to be mutual. For the hours that they swam together, though the massive octopus could…

— Sy Montgomery

Every science is a mutilated octopus. If its tentacles were not clipped to stumps, it would feel its way into disturbing contacts.

— Charles Fort

No one ever explained the octopuses.

— Gail Carriger

“In their brief time together Slothrop forms the impression that this octopus is not in good mental health, though where's his basis for comparing?”

— Thomas Pynchon

God forbids suicide, and is unwilling that his creatures should destroy themselves.

— Anatole France

“In the cab going downtown, Doug believed he now understood the sensations felt by a person slowly sinking into the grasp of an octopus.…

— Donald E. Westlake