Eels Quote by Tobias Smollett Download Open image “A mere index hunter, who held the eel of science by the tail.” — Tobias Smollett ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.1 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Eels Hunters Mere Science Tails
A mere index hunter, who held the eel of science by the tail. Index-hunter is a term used mockingly, meaning one who acquires superficial… — Tobias Smollett Copy Share Image
I'm more of a fisherman as opposed to a scientist perhaps and chasing the whale. But I've had some success. — Matt Walsh Copy Share Image
TAIL, n. The part of an animal's spine that has transcended its natural limitations to set up an independent existence in a world of… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
“My Dolphin, you only guide me by surprise, a captive as Racine, the man of craft, drawn through his maze of iron composition by… — Robert Lowell Copy Share Image
“I remember a biology lab in which we observed a spear-headed water worm. Like a starfish, it could grow back anything we razored off… — Kenji Yoshino Copy Share Image
“In science ... "discovery" can mean finding a guppy with an extra spine in its dorsal fin.” — Thomas Hayden Copy Share Image
“Darwin's Ark The fact is, I know those ancestors floating through my sleep: an animal that breathed water, had a great swimming tail, an… — Philip Appleman Copy Share Image
I've never worked with a tail, that I can remember. But there's so much I can't remember. — Ron Perlman Copy Share Image
“Mark held up his plastic bag. Inside it, a small orange fish swam around in a circle. "This is the best patrol we've ever… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
They were two superior eels at the bottom of the tank and they recognized each other like italics. — Anne Carson Copy Share Image
“IN the sea, once upon a time, O my Best Beloved, there was a Whale, and he ate fishes. He ate the starfish and… — Rudyard Kipling Copy Share Image
The bread I eat in London, is a deleterious paste, mixed up with chalk, alum, and bone ashes: insipid to the taste, and destructive… — Tobias Smollett Copy Share Image
One wit, like a knuckle of ham in soup, gives a zest and flavour to the dish, but more than one serves only to… — Tobias Smollett Copy Share Image
Thy spirit, Independence, let me share! Lord of the lion-heart and eagle-eye thy steps I follow with my bosom bare, nor heed the storm… — Tobias Smollett Copy Share Image
True courage scorns to vent her prowess in a storm of words; and to the valiant action speaks alone. — Tobias Smollett Copy Share Image
A man's opinion of danger varies at different times, in consequence of an irregular tide of animal spirits; and he is actuated by considerations… — Tobias Smollett Copy Share Image
“What passes for wine among us, is not the juice of the grape. It is an adulterous mixture, brewed up of nauseous ingredients, by… — Tobias Smollett Copy Share Image
The Highlanders regale themselves with whisky. They find it an excellent preservation against the winter cold. It is given with great success to the… — Tobias Smollett Copy Share Image
“You [demagogues] are like the fishers for eels; in still waters they catch nothing, but if they thoroughly stir up the slime, their fishing… — Aristophanes Copy Share Image
I am not eccentric. It's just that I am more alive than most people. I am an unpopular electric eel set in a pond… — Edith Sitwell Copy Share Image
Take every gain without showing remorse about missed profits, because an eel may escape sooner than you think. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is an absurd one. What is most repellent in the System of Nature - after the… — Baron d'Holbach Copy Share Image
How index-learning turns no student pale, Yet holds the eel of science by the tail! — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
To stand at the edge of the sea, to sense the ebb and flow of the tides, to feel the breath of a mist… — Rachel Carson Copy Share Image
It is very strange that men should deny a Creator and yet attribute to themselves the power of creating eels. — Baron d'Holbach Copy Share Image
I gotta go home and feed my eels. They're not electric, but I have a plan. — Octavia Spencer Copy Share Image
