OYSTER, n. A slimy, gobby shellfish which civilization gives men the hardihood to eat without removing its entrails! The shells are sometimes… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
To live is a constant process of relating, so come on out of that shell of isolation and conclusion, and relate DIRECTLY… — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
I was very shy as a kid but when I found out I could perform and have people's attention everything changed for… — Justin Timberlake Copy Share Image
From the clayey soil of northern Wyoming is mined bentonite, which is used as filler in candy, gum, and lipstick. We Americans… — Gretel Ehrlich Copy Share Image
News flash, lady. There are no queens anymore,” Shane said. He loaded shells in a shotgun and snapped it shut, then searched… — Rachel Caine Copy Share Image
It is better to have a few forms well known than to teach a little about many hundred species. Better a dozen… — Louis Agassiz Copy Share Image
I see a broken shell and I remind myself that something might have needed setting free. See, broken things always have a… — Sara Pennypacker Copy Share Image
It seems to me the worst of all the plagues is the slug, the snail without a shell. He is beyond description… — Celia Thaxter Copy Share Image
In my experience, telling someone to switch Unix shells for ease of use is like telling him to switch cigarette brands for… — Chris Espinosa Copy Share Image
We feel our shell keeps us safe, but it crushes us and others, and keeps out light and sun. — Taisen Deshimaru Copy Share Image
When the words come, they are merely empty shells without the music. They live as they are sung, for the words are… — Hildegard of Bingen Copy Share Image
After 13 years of life on the half shell in Hollywood, I have made a trip where I wasn't a tourist. — Edgar Bergen Copy Share Image
[A novel by Henry James] is like a church lit but without a congregation to distract you, with every light and line… — H. G. Wells Copy Share Image
What does the good ship bear so well? The cocoa-nut with its stony shell, And the milky sap of its inner cell. — John Greenleaf Whittier Copy Share Image
Like most New Yorkers I was shell-shocked immediately after 9/11 and couldn't put into words what I was feeling. — Christine Lavin Copy Share Image
To this day I don’t know if he was struggling with the moral implications of gunning down half a dozen civilians, or… — David Wong Copy Share Image
His words were still clear in her mind from that first meeting. "Whoever eats this will love you." She looked into the… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
The most extraordinary thing about the oyster is this. Irritations set into his shell. He does not like them. But when he… — Harry Emerson Fosdick Copy Share Image
Now behind the eyes and secrets of the dreamers in the streets rocked to sleep by the sea, see the titbits and… — Dylan Thomas Copy Share Image
Problems are an important part of maturing--meet them straight on. Work them out. It's like the chick in the egg. It has… — Mark Tobey Copy Share Image
I knew then that the person on the outside was only a shell, a presence to be seen and provoked. Inside was… — Bryce Courtenay Copy Share Image
It's okay to play turtle for a while, as long as you don't get too fond of your shell. — Eileen Wilks Copy Share Image
Decoration Day is the most beautiful of our national holidays.... The grim cannon have turned into palm branches, and the shell and… — Thomas Bailey Aldrich Copy Share Image
In their choice of lovers both the male and the female reveal their essential nature. The type of human being we prefer… — Jose Ortega y Gasset Copy Share Image