Clive Cussler has fun - for entertainment - with paraphrasing. j:

"The time has come, the walrus said, to speak of many things. Gather round, gentlemen, and listen to the cloak and dagger adventures of Dirk Pitt, the naked cat burglar." The Mediterranean Caper (14)

Through the Looking Glass (Chapter 4 - Tweedledum and Tweedledee) by Lewis Carol

"The time has come," the Walrus said,
"To talk of many things:
Of shoes -- and ships -- and sealing-wax --
Of cabbages -- and kings --
And why the sea is boiling hot --
And whether pigs have wings."

"Try this one." Pitt paused. What travels long distances under water, carries a crew, has the capacity to hold a hundred and thirty tons of heroin and would never be searched by Customs or the Bureau of Narcotic Inspectors? The only logical answer is a full-scale submarine." The Mediterranean Caper (14)

Oedipus Tyrannus by Sophocles

When Oedipus reached the gates of the city, the creature posed her riddle: What walks on four legs in the morning, two legs at noon, and three legs in the evening?

Oedipus solved the riddle, answering that man crawls on all fours in infancy, walks upright on two legs in adulthood, and uses a cane as a third leg in old age.

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Helene, it totally amazes me what you find! :o

Cheers p:

Giordino - "My kingdom for a rocket launcher." j: Treasure (28)

RICHARD III Act 5. Scene IV by Shakespeare

Richard III - "A horse! a horse! my kingdom for a horse!"

w:

I second that!

Third!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :blink:

th:

You have a fourth right here Helene!!! :D :D :D

:)

Professor Throckmorton - "The Doctors Trout [Doctor Livingston], I presume," he said, pumping their hands.

Stanley and Livingston (movie) - Screen Legend Spencer Tracy portrays reporter Henry Stanley in this recreation of one of the most famous episodes in the history of journalism--the search for Dr. David Livingstone (Sir Cedric Hardwicke) in Africa.

Denver - "Finding one little ship in an area hat large is as tough as finding a penny in the Salton Sea [needle in haystack]." Pacific Vortex! (6) b:

Jacobs - "A murder is a murder by any other name." Atlantis Found (25)

Gertrude Stein

"A rose is a rose is a rose."

AND

Romeo and Juliet (Act II Scene II) by Shakespeare.

"What's in a name. That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet."

Giordino - "I believe in deja vu, I do, I do, I do." Treasure (28)

The Wizard of OZ - the movie

Cowardly Lion: "I do believe in spooks. I do believe in spooks. I do! I do! I do!"

"My compliments, " replied Shaw. "You walk softly and carry a big wrench."
Night Probe! (51)

U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt - Walk softly and carry and big stick.

March refers to a spear gun as Barf [Puff] the Magic Dragon. Pacific Vortex! (9)

Pitt - "With never a whisper in the sea, oft darts the Odyssey ship." Trojan Odyssey (21)

"The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" (Part III) by Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

'With far-heard whisper, o'er the sea,
Off shot the spectre-bark.'

"You're not much of a team player, are you Dirk?" said Jordan, using Pitt's given name for the first time. "You'd rather play your own game."
" 'Wisdom denotes the pursuing of the best ends by the best means.' "
"Your words?"
"No, they belong to Francis Hutcheson, a Scot philosopher."
"I give you credit for quoting in exact form," said Jordan. "Most of official Washington would have plagiarized the original and quoted 'The ends justifies the means.' " Dragon (26)

Shannon - 'You promised us a four-star hotel and a refreashing bath. Certainly not a rusty old work boat.'

Pitt laughs - 'A rose by any other name. Any port in a storm...'

Inca Gold (9)

t:

JEEZ!!!!! How do you notice all that??? Let alone figure out where it came from!!!

Just having fun! ;)

Giordino - "I believe in deja vu, I do, I do, I do." Treasure (28)

Wizard of OZ - movie

Cowardly Lion: I do believe in spooks. I do believe in spooks. I do! I do! I do!

Pitt - "The fog begins to lift. It's a simple case of my being in the wrong occupation [place] at the wrong time." Raise the Titanic! (25)

b: snor: t:

We're not worthy j:

Helene you never cease to amaze me kel:

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Pitt - "If at first you don't succeed," he mused aloud, "try another passage [try again]." The Mediterranean Caper (7)

Giordino - "A canal by any other name is a canal." Flood Tide (34)

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Giordino - "My kingdom for a sniper rifle." Trojan Odyssey (38)

w:

"A hurricane is a hurricane by any other name in the Atlantic Ocean"

Trojan Odyssey ... Chapter 1.

WOW. I'm amazed at your knowledge of the writings of old.

th:

Austin - "An hour [a picture] is worth a hundred years [a thousand words]."
Lost City (41)

Giordino - "How do I hate [love] you," he muttered angrily, "Let me count the ways." Flood Tide (44)

" 'The capital of Italy [Rome] wasn't constructed [built] in twenty-four hours [a day] ,' Giordino paraphrased pontifically." The Mediterranean Caper (18) w:

"Hell hath no wrath [fury] like a commander [woman] scorned," Pitt said. Pacific Vortex! (9)

The quote, in context, "No Hell a fury like a woman scorned," comes from the William Congreve play, "Mourning Bride," at the end of Act 3 Scene 2.

"Beware of admirals [Greeks] bearing gifts," Giordino murmured.
Raise the Titanic! (52)

The common English expression “beware of Greeks bearing gifts” is derived from Virgil's Aeneid: “I [Laocoon] fear Dardanians [Greeks] even when they bear gifts.“

Pitt to Perlmutter - "Beware of Greeks bearing gifts," he said, smiling.
Shock Wave (15)

Seems to be a favorite "Trout" line :lol:

Professor Chi - "Dr. Morgan-Trout [Doctor Livingston], I presume." Serpent (16)

Professor Chi - "Be it ever so humble there's no casa [place] like mi casa [home]." Serpent (16)

HOME SWEET HOME, written by John Howard Payne

"MID pleasures and palaces though we may roam,
Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home ;
A charm from the sky seems to hallow us there,
Which, seek through the world, is ne'er met with elsewhere.
Home! Home! sweet Home!
There's no place like Home, there's no place like Home!"

"However, the time has come, the walrus said, to get a few facts straight." Iceberg (7)

Clive Cussler was really having fun j: with this one:

"Klinger!"

The reply took a few seconds, and when it came, the voice was slurred. "Hi there, this is Captain Nemo of the submarine Nautilus speaking. Over."

"Who are you?"

"The guy in Twenty Zillion Leagues Under the Sea. You know. Great flick. Saw it when I was a kid in Seattle. Best part was the fight with the giant squid."

Night Probe! (59)

Francesca Cabral - "The Drs. Trout, I presume?" Blue Gold (14)

"Give my regards to the gang on Kanoli [Broadway]." Pacific Vortex! (12)

Captain Mohammed Batutta - "Dr. Hopper, I presume." Sahara (9) ;)

Dirk Pitt to Sid Koplin on the northe island of Novaya Semlya -
"Dr. Koplin, I presume?" Raise the Titanic! (2)