Borders Quote by Thomas Paine

If the Bible had said that Jonah swallowed the whale, I would believe it.

— William Jennings Bryan

“Fiction was invented the day Jonah arrived home and told his wife that he was three days late because he had been swallowed by…

— Gabriel Garcia Marquez

“I have spoken of Jonah, and of the story of him and the whale. — A fit story for ridicule, if it was written…

— Thomas Paine

It is pretty clear in the Bible story that the whale swallowing Jonah wasn't meant as a punishment from God, it was God saving…

— Phil Vischer

“I pictured the mother whale, exhausted from labor, pushing her calf up to the skin of the water. The miracle of breath in the…

— Megan Mayhew Bergman

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…

— W. C. Fields

Like Jonah, the whale had swallowed me; unlike him, I believed I would spend eternity inside the belly of the beast.

— Bob Kerrey

“The shark had never begged Jonah in order to get him swallowed; Jonah's own actions took him into the shark's belly! Failure may not…

— Israelmore Ayivor

“(Because Jonah’s real story is the one never told: never was he as stupendously happy as during those three days and three nights of…

— Hélène Cixous

“There is a payoff for examining the divine author's literary style. It will tell you something about Him. Whereas, Jonah's actions are extensively described…

— Michael Ben Zehabe

“The heroic and often tragic stories of American whalemen were renowned. They sailed the world’s oceans and brought back tales filled with bravery, perseverance,…

— Eric Jay Dolin

To me the sea is a continual miracle; The fishes that swim - the rocks - the motion of the waves - the ships,…

— Walt Whitman