Aquariums Quotes - Page 3

• Many exhibits from this aquarium use Hawaii's abundant natural daylight. This allows Waikiki to display only live coral, which creates beautiful exhibits. It's also a world leader in the propagation of live coral. The aquarium features some unusual and rarely seen species, including the chambered nautilus and the endangered Hawaiian monk seal.

  John Grant

  Beautiful, Leader, Use

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• Secret operations are essential in war; upon them the army relies to make its every move.

  Sun Tzu

  War, Moving, Army

  Sun-tzu, Gerald A. Michaelson (2001). “Sun Tzu: The Art of War for Managers; 50 Strategic Rules”, p.213, Adams Media

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• The Proustian aquarium: grotesque and gorgeous fish drifting with languid fins through a subaqueous medium of pale violet polluted ink.

  Edward Abbey

  Violet, Ink, Gorgeous

  Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.30, RosettaBooks

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• I am an American aquarium drinker.

  Jeff Tweedy

  Drinkers

  "Song: 'I Am Trying To Break Your Heart'". 2002.

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• England is an aquarium, not a nation.

  Rita Mae Brown

  England, Nations

  Rita Mae Brown (2011). “Starting from Scratch: A Different Kind of Writers' Manual”, p.49, Bantam

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• So I went in to a pet shop. I said, "Can I buy a goldfish?" The guy said, "Do you want an aquarium?" I said, "I don't care what star sign it is."

  Tim Vine

  Funny, Stars, Humor

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• Stuffwise we are not a lean operation. We're the kind of people who, if we were deciding what absolute minimum essential items we'd need to carry in our backpacks for the final, treacherous ascent to the summit of Mount Everest, would take along aquarium filters, just in case.

  Dave Barry

  People, Ascent, Essentials

  Dave Barry (2010). “Dave Barry Talks Back”, p.70, Crown Archetype

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• Few things are as essential as education.

  Walter Annenberg

  Essentials

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• The books I loved in childhood - the first loves - I’ve read so often that I’ve internalized them in some really essential way: they are more inside me now than out.

  Donna Tartt

  Book, First Love, Childhood

  "A Conversation with Donna Tartt, Author of THE LITTLE FRIEND". Penguin Random House Interview, www.penguinrandomhouse.com.

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• My situation is a solemn one: life is offered to me on the condition of eating beefsteaks. But death is better than cannibalism. My will contains directions for my funeral, which will be followed, not by mourning coaches, but by oxen, sheep, flocks of poultry, and a small traveling aquarium of live fish, all wearing white scarves in honor of the man who perished rather than eat his fellow creatures. It will be, without the exception of Noah's Ark, the most remarkable thing of its kind ever seen.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Men, White, Sheep

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• People who go to work every day and perform the services essential to keeping our economy functioning deserve to live above the poverty level.

  Marcy Kaptur

  People, Essentials, Levels

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• Agents are essential, because publishers will not read unsolicited manuscripts.

  Jackie Collins

  Essentials, Agents, Publishers

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• I wanted to get rid of the element that had been considered essential in pop music: the voice.

  Brian Eno

  Voice, Essentials, Elements

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• It seems essential, in relationships and all tasks, that we concentrate only on what is most significant and important.

  Soren Kierkegaard

  Relationship, Dating, Important

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• Restoring responsibility and accountability is essential to the economic and fiscal health of our nation.

  Carl Levin

  Responsibility, Accountability, Essentials

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• Imagination is as vital to any advance in science as learning and precision are essential for starting points.

  Percival Lowell

  Learning, Science, Imagination

  Percival Lowell (1903). “The Solar System: Six Lectures Delivered at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in December, 1902”

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• Community care is a fundamental, an essential, an enduring part of our aged care system.

  Julie Bishop

  Community, Essentials, Fundamentals

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I’m stuck babysitting turtle eggs while a volleyball player slash grease monkey slash aquarium volunteer tries to hit on me.” I’m not hitting on you,” he protested. No?” Believe me, you’d know if I was hitting on you. You wouldn’t be able to stop yourself from succumbing to my charms.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Volleyball, Believe, Player

  Nicholas Sparks (2009). “The Last Song”, p.84, Hachette UK

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• Leadership in telecommunications is also essential, since we are now in the age of e-commerce.

  Michael Oxley

  Leadership, Age, Essentials

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• We keep, in science, getting a more and more sophisticated view of our essential ignorance.

  Warren Weaver

  Ignorance, Science, Views

  "A Scientist Ponders Faith". Saturday Review, 3, January 1959. "The Constitution of Liberty: The Definitive Edition". Book by F. A. Hayek, edited by ‎Ronald Hamowy, p. 77, 2013.

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• First, the security and privacy of sensitive taxpayer information is absolutely essential.

  Jim Ramstad

  Essentials, Information, Firsts

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• But, strictly speaking, this mythology was no essential part of ancient religion, for it had no sacred sanction and no binding force on the worshippers.

  William Robertson Smith

  Religion, Essentials, Sacred

  William Robertson Smith (1907). “Religion of the Semites (Ppr)”, p.17, Transaction Publishers

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• This is what I think is very essential... moderation can be good for you.

  Robert Mondavi

  Thinking, Essentials, Moderation

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• A healthy environment is essential to a livable Oregon and a strong economy.

  Ted Kulongoski

  Strong, Oregon, Healthy

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• This brings me back to the image of Kafka standing before a fish in the Berlin aquarium, a fish on which his gaze fell in a newly found peace after he decided not to eat animals. Kafka recognized that fish as a member of his invisible family- not as his equal, of course, but as another being that was his concern.

  Jonathan Safran Foer

  Animal, Berlin, Invisible

  "Eating Animals". Book by Jonathan Safran Foer, 2009.

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