WIST Quotations

Doctor Who (1963) -- 13×01 “Terror of the Zygons,” Part 1 (1975-08-30) [w. Robert Banks Stewart]

Dave — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 22:26:55 +0000

HUCKLE: As far as we know, the sea was calm and empty.

THE DOCTOR: It may be calm, but it’s never empty.

Doctor Who (1963-1989) British science fiction television series, original run (BBC)
13×01 “Terror of the Zygons,” Part 1 (1975-08-30) [w. Robert Banks Stewart]
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Shakespeare, William -- Hamlet, Act 4, sc. 1, l. 6ff (4.1.6-8) (c. 1600)

Dave — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 16:29:39 +0000

KING: What, Gertrude? How does Hamlet?

QUEEN: Mad as the sea and wind when both contend
Which is the mightier.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
Hamlet, Act 4, sc. 1, l. 6ff (4.1.6-8) (c. 1600)
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Shakespeare, William -- Tempest, Act 1, sc. 2, l. 474ff (1.2.474-482) (1611)

Dave — Mon, 14 Jul 2025 16:56:47 +0000

ARIEL: Full fathom five thy father lies.
Of his bones are coral made;
Those are pearls that were his eyes.
Nothing of him that doth fade,
But doth suffer a sea change
Into something rich and strange.
Sea-nymphs hourly ring his knell.
Ding dong.
Hark, now I hear them — ding dong, bell.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
Tempest, Act 1, sc. 2, l. 474ff (1.2.474-482) (1611)
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Mysterious song from the invisible sprite to Ferdinand.

Byron, George Gordon, Lord -- Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage, Canto 4, st. 179 (1818)

Dave — Mon, 19 May 2025 20:03:08 +0000

Roll on, thou deep and dark blue Ocean — roll!
Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain;
Man marks the earth with ruin — his control
Stops with the shore.

George Gordon, Lord Byron (1788-1824) English poet
Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage, Canto 4, st. 179 (1818)
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Shackleton, Ernest -- Journal aboard the Hoghton Tower (1891)

Dave — Fri, 07 May 2021 21:57:00 +0000

All I say is, if you wish to see Nature robed in her mantle of might, look at a storm at sea; if you want to see her robed in her mantle of glory, look at a sunset at sea.

Ernest Henry Shackleton (1874-1922) Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer
Journal aboard the Hoghton Tower (1891)
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Emerson, Ralph Waldo -- Journal (1836)

Dave — Tue, 23 Aug 2016 02:51:19 +0000

The ocean is a large drop; the drop, a small ocean.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) American essayist, lecturer, poet
Journal (1836)