Turnip Quotes

“A turnip would have grasped it quicker.”

— George R.R. Martin

There's no getting blood out of a turnip.

— Frederick Marryat

“You can't squeeze blood from a turnip.”

— Cheryl Strayed

I look like a turnip with hair in the morning!

— Dominic Cooper

“You just cannot reason with a turnip. It's fruitless.”

— Gary Hays

This diamond has so many carats it's almost a turnip.

— Richard Burton

In German, a young lady has no sex, but a turnip has

— Mark Twain

“You can't get blood from a turnip!”

— Mom

If you'd take your head home and boil it for a turnip it might be useful. I can't say. But it might.

— Anonymous

The turnip is a capricious vegetable, which seems reluctant to show itself at its best.

— Waverley Root

“Get off me you dirty turnip!" "Dirty turnip? well, pardon me Signor Cabbage-Head!”

— Elle Newmark

“I had expected the turnip metaphor to go over better, but it seems not everyone appreciates a clever philosophically grounded root vegetable…

— Jessica Park