Turtle Quotes · Page 4

“See the TURTLE of enormous girth, On his shell he holds the earth. If you want to run and play, Come along…

— Stephen King

“Behold the turtle. He only makes progress when he sticks his neck out.”

— James Bryant Conant

Rabbits are played. Nowadays it's all about the turtles. Tell them it's a ninja, they'll freak.

— Etgar Keret

So a lorry-load of tortoises crashed into a train-load of terrapins, I thought "That's a turtle disaster".

— Tommy Cooper

I'm Yertle the turtle, oh marvelous for me, I am ruler of all that I see.

— Red Hot Chili Peppers

“As the tortoise can draw in his legs, and if you strike him, not one foot comes out,”

— Swami Vivekananda

Wow. Who would want a fish for a pet when they could have a turtle?!

— Christopher Paul Curtis

“I seen turtles all my life. They’re always goin’ someplace. They always seem to want to get there.”

— John Steinbeck

I was obsessed with the Turtles, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. There's Leonardo, Donatello, Michelangelo, Raphael and my dad used to call…

— Callum Smith

Words have a life of their own. There is no telling what they will do. Within a matter of days, they can…

— Craig Brown

I am now a turtle. Virtually everything I own is on my back and suffice it to say I am one ton…

— Bobby Darin

“Sometimes he reminded me of a turtle hiding inside its shell, in there thinking about things and not ever sticking his head…

— Kate DiCamillo

“A turtle without a shell is a very strange thing. Even with shells, turtles are very strange things, with their miniature elephant's…

— Albert Sánchez Piñol

I was a kid that loved reptiles and eventually started an organization dedicated to saving turtles and tortoises, called the Turtle Conservancy,…

— Eric Goode

“Joad rolled the coat up more tightly. “An old turtle,’’ he said. “Picked him up on the road. An old bulldozer. Thought…

— John Steinbeck

First of all, Turtle Island is the name of this continent we live on... that's right, not 'America... as in North America,'…

— John Densmore

I remember I wanted to be Zorro, but I also wanted to be a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle. I obviously had ideas…

— Paolo Nutini

And when you look at the Turtle's movie there is something there, definitely something there.

— Eddie Campbell

And the turtles, of course...all the turtles are free, as turtles and, maybe, all creatures should be.

— Dr. Seuss

I found out that an expert in turtles is a Herpetologist. Maybe we talk to the Herpy...

— Rob Dyrdek

I'm like an old turtle these days. I don't run wide-open everywhere, but at the end of the day, I'll be where…

— Tracy Lawrence

Turtles are greater than baby nephews, because it's ok to drop a turtle.

— Demetri Martin

I got a few speeding tickets when I was young, but I'm a little more like the turtle than the hare.

— Christopher Lloyd

The turtle lives 'twixt plated decks Which practically conceal its sex I think it clever of the turtle In such a fix…

— Ogden Nash

“Actually, I did it because when we lived on Indian Island we had this turtle named Shelly.”

— Christina Baker Kline

My favorite Christmas gift as a child was - I had a ninja turtle skateboard.

— Danny Amendola

Life is like a turtle. You wont get get very far unless you stick out your neck

— Anonymous

No turtle can be a revolutionist, because revolution requires high speed!

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

Do not let fear confine your life Inside a shell of doubt; A turtle never moves until His head is sticking out.

— Charles Ghigna

Perhaps I am the turtle, able to live simply anywhere, even underwater for short periods, with my home on my back.

— Kurt Vonnegut

“Even if a horse comes down from kings and queens but lacks heart, he can't outrun a three-year-old turtle.”

— Fred Grove

You think your life is hard? Just think, theres a turtle out there that has been flipped on its back and can't…

— Ritu Ghatourey

Oh me oh my well well can't you tell. I'm just like a turtle crawling out of my shell.

— Shaggy

But we are mostly what we are, and the turtle stretching toward delicious buds on high does not lighten his carapace by…

— Arthur Miller

the body is simple as a turtle / and straight as a dog: / the body cannot lie.

— Marge Piercy

You think your life is hard? Just think, there's a turtle out there has been flipped on its back and can't get…

— Pretty Ladii

People want to do authentic things. They want to go horseback riding, fishing, shooting or searching for turtle nesting spots on the…

— Philip Anschutz

“And today the great Yertle, that Marvelous he, Is king of the Mud. That is all he can see. And the turtles…

— Dr. Seuss

I grew up and fell out of love with hunting, though I still appreciate the meats I grew up eating: braised rabbit,…

— Brad Leone

“I did exactly as Sampson said and I conjured up a creature with rabbit ears, a wolf face, a snake body, frog…

— Jennifer Priester