I wanted to make connections between Whale's past and present.

- Bill Condon

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

- Bill Condon

The whale is endangered, while the ant continues to do just fine.

- Bill Vaughan

My commitment is to my kids and my mum and I'm having a whale of a time.

- Carol Vorderman

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

- Dave Barry

The killer whale Tilikum has helped SeaWorld sell millions of dollars worth of tickets.

- Jane Velez-Mitchell

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

You watch 'Whale Rider,' and I defy you to not get teary-eyed at the end there.

- Oscar Isaac

I find it abhorrent to see a whale being slaughtered and do nothing but bear witness.

- Paul Watson

To me extremism is targeting endangered whales in a whale sanctuary in violation of a moratorium. That, to me, is extreme.

- Paul Watson

The fin whale is the second largest whale species on Earth, weighing up to 80 tons.

- Pierce Brosnan

I have a tattoo on my foot that says 'it's a whale' in Japanese, because Japanese people kill whales. My stuffed whale was like most children's teddy bear. I took it with me everywhere. I slept with it. I couldn't live without my whale.

- Skylar Grey

No highbrow literary type would ever say 'Moby Dick' is good but it's just about a whale, or a Jane Austen would be important if she wasn't just writing about romantic relationships.

- Sophie Hannah

I had whale tartare when I was in Japan, but I probably wouldn't have it again.

- Sasha Cohen

I wanted to do something creatively, having been a beached whale for many months and nursing my daughter.

- Tori Amos

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

- William Jennings Bryan