43 Whale Quotes for You to Enjoy

I done wrestled with an alligator, I done tussled with a whale; handcuffed lightning, thrown thunder in jail; only last week, I murdered a rock, injured a stone, hospitalised a brick; I'm so mean I make medicine sick. Muhammad Ali

Medicine Sick Only Week Alligator Thrown Thunder Lightning Make Rock Whale Stone Done Jail Mean Brick Injured Last

He piled upon the whale's white hump the sum of all the general rage and hate felt by his whole race from Adam down; and then, as if his chest had been a mortar, he burst his hot heart's shell upon it. Herman Melville

Heart Hate White Down Rage Sum Hump General Had He Hot Mortar Felt Piled Shell Been Chest His Whale Burst Race Then Whole Adam

I would probably have more in common with a whale than with a bourgeois married couple employed at worthy institutions that I would wipe from the face of the earth if it was given to me to do so. Che Guevara

Me Face Earth Married Married Couple Worthy Would Given More Wipe Bourgeois Employed Institutions Couple Than Whale Common

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

Bible Believe Would Had Jonah Said Whale Swallowed

Must whales and dolphins be subjected to deafening noise that will cause more than 3.5 million instances of temporary and/or permanent hearing loss? For species that depend on hearing for survival - to find food, migrate, and communicate - any hearing loss could be catastrophic. As one scientist noted, a deaf whale is a dead whale. Pierce Brosnan

Food Survival Noise Communicate Cause Will Depend Must Find Temporary More Could Catastrophic Dead Deaf Permanent Scientist Loss Hearing Subjected Dolphins Than Whale Whales Any Noted Migrate Species Million

'The Squid and the Whale' was a really good movie. Ad-Rock

Good Good Movie Whale Movie Really

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

Kind Crowd Knew Genre Whale Interest Certain Among

There's no question that Whale's movies are classics. They were wonderful, and successful. Bill Condon

Wonderful Classics No Question Were Question Whale Movies Successful

In 2004, one of my books, 'Whale Talk,' was chosen as an all-school read in Fowlerville, Michigan, a rural town not far from Detroit. They had done what I thought was a brilliant and innovative thing: decided to teach the book in every discipline, sophomores through seniors. Chris Crutcher

Book Discipline Brilliant Thought Seniors Every Innovative Books Rural Through Detroit Had Town Talk Read Whale Michigan Done Decided Far Teach Chosen Thing

'Whale Talk' is a tough book, but it is also a compassionate book about telling the truth and about redemption. I didn't draw the tough parts out of thin air; they are stories handed to me by people in pain. Chris Crutcher

The real threat to whales is whaling, which has endangered many whale species. Dave Barry

Threat Real Endangered Whale Whales Whaling Which Many Species

Lots of business owners spend their lives trying to land the whale - the single, massive, brand-name account that will fatten the top line and bestow instant credibility. But big customers make me nervous. Jason Fried

Me Business Will Nervous Single Big Spend Top Bestow Instant Massive Make Line Lots Account Whale Trying Owners Customers Land Business Owners Lives Credibility

We have sat on the river bank and caught catfish with pin hooks. The time has come to harpoon a whale. John Hope

Time Hooks River Come Catfish Caught Pin Whale Bank Sat

'The Whale' was in the category of so-called serious music, and yet it brings together a wide series of musical styles. It was influenced by people such as The Beatles, the spirit of the times, and I think 'The Whale' certainly had a pop element to it. John Tavener

Thanks to a lot of people, not just myself, 'Whale Rider' had an amazing impact emotionally, and people remember it. I count myself very lucky that all those doors were unlocked, I just had to open them. Keisha Castle-Hughes

By 1760, the Nantucketers had virtually exterminated the local whale population. Nathaniel Philbrick

Local Virtually Had Whale Population

To this day, I have people I might meet who will make assumptions about my life based on fictional elements of 'The Squid And The Whale.' But I think that's par for the course if you make something that feels kind of real. Noah Baumbach

It's funny, I'm very analytical in my real life, but in terms of my films, I try to not analyze them at all and let things just go into them and let them be what they are. I mean, people ask me to this day what 'The Squid and the Whale' stood for, and I have no idea except that it's an exhibit in the Natural History Museum. Noah Baumbach

Life Funny Day Me History Natural People Try Real Life Films Analytical Analyze No Idea Except Idea Terms Real Exhibit Go Very Whale Stood Just Natural History Mean Mean People Them Ask Things Museum

I attempt to surf. I'm not as good as anyone else in the water. I'm more like a beached whale. I just hang out on my board. I can ride, but I get too nervous unless I go with my boyfriend or my trainer. There are too many burly men out there! Olesya Rulin

Good Ride Water Men Nervous Too Else Unless Out More Attempt Like Surf Boyfriend Go Trainer Whale Get Hang Just Anyone Anyone Else Board Many

Being lampooned on 'South Park' is hardly something to complain about. They brought the issue of the dolphin and whale slaughter by the Japanese to a very large audience. I could not really care less how I was portrayed. Paul Watson

Care Complain Brought About Something Park Could Audience How Issue Dolphin South South Park Very Whale Being Japanese Really Less Large Large Audience Hardly Slaughter Portrayed

In 'Deadliest Catch,' we have men in ships in rough seas catching crabs. With 'Whale Wars,' we have men and women from a dozen different nations going out to sea in rough weather to help save the whales. We also have icebergs, whales, penguins, and dramatic ship-to-ship confrontations. Paul Watson

Women Men Men And Women Weather Dramatic Out Catch Catching Also Deadliest Ships Crabs Whale Whales Going Nations Different Confrontation Sea Help Wars Rough Seas Dozen Save

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