Quotes tagged ‘lake’

“The lake goes around for miles. You, and your children, and your children’s children, will dig for a hundred years, and you will never find it. [she picks up a yellow lizard] Start digging, Trout. [She puts the lizard to her arm. It bites her, and she dies, laughing softly]”

— Louis Sachar, Katherine "Kissin' Kate" Barlow, Patricia Arquette, imdb.com

“Do know what's gonna be here? Right here? A lake. As far as the eyes can see. Hundreds of feet deep. HUNDREDS of feet deep. Did you ever look out over a lake and think of somethin' buried underneath it? Buried underneath it. Well man, that's just about as buried as you can get.”

— James Dickey, imdb.com

“Dina: Budnick, why can't you just go swim in the lake? Budnick: Because fish fart in it!”

— Gary Marks, Dina Alexander & Bobby Budnick, Danny Cooksey & Heidi Lucas, imdb.com

“Lisa: You promised to take us to the lake. Homer: I promise you kids lots of things. That's what make me such a good father. Lisa: Actually, keeping promises would make you a good father. Homer: No that would make me a great father.”

— Richard Appel, Lisa Simpson, Yeardley Smith, imdb.com

“I was alive when the Dead Sea was just a lake that was feeling a little poorly.”

— Michael Reisz, Magnus Bane, Harry Shum Jr., imdb.com

“Hydrogen selenide, I decided, was perhaps the worst smell in the world. But hydrogen telluride came close, was also a smell from hell. An up-to-date hell, I decided, would have not just rivers of fiery brimstone, but lakes of boiling selenium and tellurium, too.”

— Oliver Sacks, amazon.com