Sometime later the islanders on a little rimward atoll were amazed to find, washed into their little local lagoon, the wave-rocked corpse of a hideous sea monster, all beaks, eyes and tentacles. They were further astonished at its size, since it was rather larger than their village. But their surprise was tiny compared to the huge, stricken expression on the face of the dead monster, which appeared to be have been trampled to death.
Quotes about tentacles (9 Quotes)
Even though the sewer pipelines reach far into our houses with their tentacles, they are carefully hidden from view and we are happily ignorant of the invisible Venice of shit underlying our bathrooms, bedrooms, dance halls, and parliaments.
He should not be allowed to come to the country and spread his tentacles on our soil. After Afghanistan and Iraq, he is now plotting to attack Iran.
The present situation in other political parties is very bad. We should not allow the problems confronting the other parties to spread their tentacles in Congress.
They have been doing the music scene for some time, but they did it quietly and broadened their tentacles over time to make it a viable business. They learn along the way, in incremental moves ... like with food, until they get the concept right, they won't be willing to bet the company on a move that could risk what they have built.
The monster of advertisement. . . is a sort of octopus with innumerable tentacles. It. . . gathers in, through its thousand little suckers, all the gossip and slander and praise afloat, to spit out again at the public.
Tentacles of private industry have reached further into university, generally under people's radar, with surprisingly little controversy.
The family, that dear octopus from whose tentacles we never quite escape, nor in our innermost hearts never quite wish to.
It's no secret that I am a liberal Democrat, ... I have some very strong feelings, the most important of which at the moment is campaign finance reform because its tentacles reach into every other issue. I fear we're getting closer to a plutocracy than we want to, and I believe that deep down the people want to do something about that.