Octopus Quotes

40 quotes by 37 authors

Talent without discipline is like an octopus on roller skates. There's plenty of movement, but you never know if it's going to be forward, backwards,… — H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Just as an octopus may have his den in some ocean cave, and come floating out a silent image of horror to attack a swimmer,… — Arthur Conan Doyle
The real menace of our Republic is the invisible government which like a giant octopus sprawls its slimy legs over our cities, states and nation.… — John Francis Hylan
Sometimes I pretend to be an octopus. Â But then people are like â€˜Darren whatâ€™re you doing?â€™ And I just sit there and laugh because… — Darren Criss
Those who believe in this type of thing [Paul the Octopus, who â€˜predictedâ€™ the result of World Cup matches] cannot be the leaders of the… — Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
It's better to be an octopus than a fish. If an octopus loses a tentacle to a predator, the octopus will survive with seven tentacles… — Gene Simmons
I have sworn before a picture of the old and mourned comrade Stalin that I wonâ€™t rest until I see these capitalist octopuses annihilated. — Che Guevara
I believe that the totemic image for the future is the octopus. This is because the squids and octopi have perfected a form of communication… — Terence McKenna
Beware as you get the octopus on board. Suddenly he relaxes his grasp, and shhots out a jet of ink, which smarts considerably. — Wilfred Grenfell
But to ask pity of our body is like discoursing in front of an octopus, for which our words can have no more meaning than… — Marcel Proust
Talent without discipline is like an octopus on roller skates — H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Right now I'd love to be sitting on a Greek island somewhere because of being Greek American, eating great octopus salad and some fantastic lamb.… — Cat Cora
The real menace of our Republic is the invisible Government which like a giant Octopus, sprawls its slimy legs over our cities, states, and nation. — John Francis Hylan
Fashion is such an octopus. You're connected to so many people: suppliers, pattern makers, production teams, marketing teams, vendors. — Raf Simons
The monster of advertisement...is a sort of octopus with innumerable tentacles. It throws out to right and left, in front and behind, its clammy arms,… — Sarah Bernhardt
Ever since I was two, I've loved octopuses, monsters, abandoned buildings. — China Mieville
On 'Chopped,' the time goes down a bit and there are several ingredients, usually one that makes no sense whatsoever with the rest of the… — Michael Symon
We grew to our present size almost against ourselves. It was not a deliberately planned commercial venture in the sense that I sat down and… — Walt Disney
Octopuses have hundreds of suckers, each one equipped with its own ganglion with thousands of neurons. These 'mini-brains' are interconnected, making for a widely distributed… — Frans de Waal
At twenty life was like wrestling an octopus. Every moment mattered. At thirty it was a walk in the country. Most of the time your… — Mark Haddon

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