Gene wilder is amazing, but that original movie was just fine. The newer one feels more like the book

Whales spouting water. Not blowing a little bit like they do when they surface. Blowing copious amounts of water out of their blowhole like squirtel

“It is hardest to wake those who pretend to sleep.”

For most English linguistics questions, this will be the answer.

I was told that the rest of the saying is “but it’s a good place to start.”