Dolphins Quotes

• There's no question dolphins are smarter than humans as they play more.

  Albert Einstein

  Play, Humans, Smarter

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• A dolphin's smile is the greatest deception. It creates the illusion that they're always happy.

  Ric O'Barry

  Deception, Illusion, Always Happy

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• There is something about dolphins. It is difficult to put into words.

  Mark Carwardine

  Zoologist, Environmentalist, Difficult

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• Imagine a dolphin dancing in the sky. Let it dance with joy. Think of yourself at the bottom of the ocean watching.

  Yoko Ono

  Inspirational, Ocean, Thinking

  Twitter post from Oct 06, 2015

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• No aquarium, no tank in a marine land, however spacious it may be, can begin to duplicate the conditions of the sea. And no dolphin who inhabits one of those aquariums or one of those marine lands can be considered normal.

  Jacques Yves Cousteau

  Ocean, Marine, Sea

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• Sharks are the criminals of the sea. Dolphins are the outlaws.

  Tom Robbins

  Sharks, Sea, Criminals

  "Still Life with Woodpecker". Book by Tom Robbins, 1980.

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• The happiness of the bee and the dolphin is to exist. For man it is to know that and to wonder at it.

  Jacques Yves Cousteau

  Happy, Men, Bees

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• ...To the Dolphin alone, beyond all other, nature has granted what the best philosophers seek: friendship for no advantage

  Plutarch

  Philosopher, Granted, Advantage

  Plutarch (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Plutarch (Illustrated)”, p.3559, Delphi Classics

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• For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much—the wheel, New York, wars and so on—whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man—for precisely the same reasons.

  Douglas Adams

  Success, New York, War

  Douglas Adams (2017). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Omnibus: A Trilogy in Four Parts”, p.102, Pan Macmillan

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• Dolphins are social mammals, capable of enjoying their lives. They form close bonds with other members of their group.

  Peter Singer

  Animal Intelligence, Enjoy Life, Mammals

  "Dolphins have no part in this dispute with Iran" by Peter Singer, www.theguardian.com. 19 January, 2012.

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• I'd love to sponsor a dolphin.

  Rita Ora

  Sponsors

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• Who doesn't like dolphins? They're like puppies.

  Austin Stowell

  Puppy

  "Austin Stowell: Dolphin Tale Hunk Calls Us!". Interview with Lynn Barker, www.kidzworld.com. September 21, 2011.

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• My dream is to have a house on the beach, even just a little shack somewhere so I can wake up, have coffee, look at dolphins, be quiet and breathe the air.

  Christina Applegate

  Dream, Beach, Coffee

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• Dolphins : Animals that are so intelligent that, within a few weeks of captivity, they can train a man to stand on the edge of their pool and throw them food three times a day.

  Hal Roach

  Funny, Animal, Intelligent

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• The creatures of the sea hold special mystery, and they are among the most exciting, graceful, and beautiful on Earth. Just consider the living riot of a coral reef, the beauty of an albatross, the awesome power of a giant turtle, the grace of a dolphin. Now multiply that by the millions of creatures in the sea. Wow!

  Carl Safina

  Beautiful, Turtles, Sea

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• To get rid of depression, I swim with dolphins.

  Patti Stanger

  Swim

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• More than anything, it was the blue dolphins that took me back home.

  Scott O'Dell

  Home, Back Home, Blue

  Scott O'Dell (2016). “Island of the Blue Dolphins: The Complete Reader's Edition”, p.135, Univ of California Press

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• One human life is deeper than the ocean. Strange fishes and sea-monsters and mighty plants live in the rock-bed of our spirits. The whole of human history is an undiscovered continent deep in our souls. There are dolphins, plants that dream, magic birds inside us. The sky is inside us. The earth is in us.

  Ben Okri

  Dream, Ocean, Rocks

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• It is of interest to note that while some dolphins are reported to have learned English - up to fifty words used in correct context - no human being has been reported to have learned dolphinese.

  Carl Sagan

  Motivational, Learning, Humility

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• I felt such a deep connection with dolphins. I felt like they were the only ones who understood me.

  Lykke Li

  Connections, Understood, Felt

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• I sat upon a promontory,
  And heard a mermaid, on a dolphin's back,
  Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath,
  That the rude sea grew civil at her song;
  And certain stars shot madly from their spheres,
  To hear the sea-maid's music.

  William Shakespeare

  Song, Stars, Sea

  'A Midsummer Night's Dream' (1595-6) act 2, sc. 1, l. 149

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• The dolphins and whales have a brain that is actually bigger in proportion to their size than we do. They are very complex. They are thinkers.

  Owsley Stanley

  Whales, Brain, Size

  Source: medium.com

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• Sweetness! World needs sweetness! It needs a sweet child, a sweet dolphin, a sweet monkey; it needs sweet people to soften the callous hearts!

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Sweet, Children, Heart

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• I've never had any intimate relationships with a dolphin.

  Morgan Freeman

  Intimate Relationships, Intimate

  "Morgan Freeman On Set Interview DOLPHIN TALE". Interview with Andre Dellamorte, collider.com. September 8, 2011.

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• Anybody that's a Dolphins fan feels they're headed in the right direction.

  Don Shula

  Fans, Feels, Right Direction

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