Quotes tagged ‘Whales’

“There's no need to hunt the whales anymore. There's no need to eat them. The young generation born after 2000 don't really do it.”

— Eva Björk Káradóttir, nbcnews.com

“Three beaked whales were spotted last month by a team of scientists working with the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society near the San Benito Islands, some 300 miles from the US border, according to a press release published Tuesday.”

— Jack Guy, cnn.com

“You know what, Emma? Go back to rain forests and whales. Because when it comes to people, you suck!”

— Charles Martin Smith, Bruce McDonald, Yan Moore, Liberty Van Zandt, Sarah Barrable-Tishauer, imdb.com

“Dr. Keats: All I know about walruses is that out of all mammals they have the second largest penis. I have the first. Henry: That's my joke.”

— George Wing, Henry Roth, Adam Sandler, imdb.com

“Surely all God's people, however serious and savage, great or small, like to play. Whales and elephants, dancing, humming gnats, and invisibly small mischievous microbes—all are warm with divine radium and must have lots of fun in them.”

— John Muir, amazon.com

“Our good ship also seemed like a thing of life, its great iron heart beating on through calm and storm, a truly noble spectacle. But think of the hearts of these whales, beating warm against the sea, day and night, through dark and light, on and on for centuries; how the red blood must rush and gurg…”

— John Muir, amazon.com

“But think of the hearts of these whales, beating warm against the sea, day and night, through dark and light, on and on for centuries; how the red blood must rush and gurgle in and out, bucketfuls, barrelfuls at a beat!”

— John Muir, amazon.com

“Several years since, I purchased a living white whale, captured near Labrador, and succeeded in placing it, 'in good condition,' in a large tank, fifty feet long, and supplied with salt water, in the basement of the American Museum. I was obliged to light the basement with gas, and that frightened t…”

— P.T. Barnum, amazon.com

“How do you get two whales in a car? You can’t. Whales are enormous creatures and will not fit in something as relatively small as a car.”

— Unknown, tcat.tc

“Then from out of nowhere a huge tidal wave lifted, tossed like a cork, and I found myself on top of him face to face with the blowhole. I could barely see from all of the waves crashing down on top of me but I knew something was there so I reached my hand and pulled out the obstruction!”

— Ron Hague, Ron Hauge, Charlie rubin, George Costanza, Jason Alexander, imdb.com

“Yeah...he’s specializing in whales. He's working on lowering the cholesterol level in whales...all that blubber—quite unhealthy. You know it’s the largest mammal on earth but as George says, ‘they don't have to be.’”

— Ron Hague, Ron Hauge, Charlie rubin, Jerry Seinfeld, Jerry Seinfeld, imdb.com