Oysters Quotes

131 quotes by 112 authors

For memory, we use our imagination. We take a few strands of real time and carry them with us, then like an oyster we create… — John Banville
The first man gets the oyster, the second man gets the shell. — Andrew Carnegie
Most of those who make collections of verse or epigram are like men eating cherries or oysters: they choose out the best at first, and… — Nicolas Chamfort
I had my first French meal and I never got over it. It was just marvelous. We had oysters and a lovely dry white wine.… — Julia Child
I will not eat oysters. I want my food dead. Not sick. Not wounded. Dead. — Woody Allen
I realized that with hard work, the world was your oyster. You could do anything you wanted to do. — Chris Evert
I will not be sworn but love may transform me to an oyster — William Shakespeare
Give me oysters and beer, for dinner every day of the year, and I'll be fine... — Jimmy Buffett
I had rather be an oyster than a man, the most stupid and senseless of animals. — George Berkeley
I had no intention of becoming a comedian. I just wanted to make people happy. I tried everything-I shucked oysters, I painted houses, I sold… — Ellen DeGeneres
From the oyster to the eagle, from the swine to the tiger, all animals are to be found in men and each of them exists… — Victor Hugo
If I want my daughter to try something, I eat it in front of her repeatedly without forcing the issue and, with some trial and… — Alexandra Guarnaschelli
So, have you heard about the oyster who went to a disco and pulled a mussel? — Billy Connolly
Some years ago I wrote a book called The House on Eccles Street. To write this book I had to think my way into the… — J M Coetzee
Before I was born my mother was in great agony of spirit and in a tragic situation. She could take no food except iced oysters… — Isadora Duncan
A typical Christmas is me shucking oysters. I love them and I always get them in at Christmas. — Hugh Bonneville
Said one oyster to a neighboring oyster, "I have a very great pain within me. It is heavy and round and I am in distress."… — Khalil Gibran
Be as bold as the first man or [woman] to eat an oyster. — Shirley Chisholm
Oysters open completely when the moon is full; and when the crab sees one it throws a piece of stone or seaweed into it and… — Leonardo da Vinci
[The oyster] accepts algae and detritus in one end - and through this beautiful, glamorous set of stomach organs, out the other end comes cleaner… — Kate Orff

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