Aldous Huxley
Novelist, Essayist
"The leech's kiss, the squid's embrace, The prurient ape's defiling touch: And do you like the human race? No, not much."
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Marlon Brando
Actor, Director
"The most repulsive thing you could ever imagine is the inside of a camel's mouth. That and watching a girl eat octopus or squid."
Jeff Smith
Chef
"The squid is so cooperative. Its body forms a tube that can be stuffed with marvelous fillings. You don't have to be Greek to enjoy this one."
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Politician
"The only thing we have to fear is a giant wheelchair-crushing squid. Well... uh... actually, I guess that's the only thing I have to fear."
Oliver Stone
Filmmaker, Screenwriter
"I'd like to be honest to my time, and I lived from 1946, and I want to understand why our country, which I love so much, and was a great country when I was young, it seemed, became this monster vampire on the face of humanity- a vampire squid, to quote Matt Taibbi, sucking out the juices of all mankind. Why? It's a basic question."
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"Until I can feel as ecstatic about having a baby as I felt about going to New Zealand to search for giant squid, I cannot have a baby."
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"I am a giant squid of anger."
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