Civilization Quote by Ambrose Bierce

“Oyster, n. A slimy, gobby shellfish which civilization gives men the hardihood to eat without removing its entrails!”

— Ambrose Bierce

“Describing Ostend oysters: "small and rich, looking like little ears enfolded in shells, and melting between the palate and the tongue like salted sweets.”

— Guy de Maupassant

I really like oysters, and I won't eat them alone. They're just a weird thing to eat by yourself.

— Katie Aselton

“Shall the world, then, be overrun by oysters?”

— Arthur Conan Doyle

“1. "It is what we believe about ourselves that determines how others see us" 2. (regarding friends) "cherish the good and pretend not to…

— Beth Hoffman

“Oysters are a lot like women. It's how we survive the hurts in life that brings us strength and gives us our beauty.”

— Beth Hoffman

An oyster leads a dreadful but exciting life.

— M. F. K. Fisher

I had rather be an oyster than a man, the most stupid and senseless of animals.

— George Berkeley

“Nonetheless, the oyster, could it fancy, should fancy its excremental equipment a hot item, for what other among Creation's crapping creatures can convert its…

— Tom Robbins

I am very fond of the oyster shell. It is humble and awkward and ugly. It is slate-colored and unsymmetrical. Its form is not…

— Anne Morrow Lindbergh

No oyster in the world tastes as good as a Gulf oyster.

— Steve Scalise

My taste includes both snails and oysters.

— Marcus Licinius Crassus