Shell Quotes

460 quotes by 410 authors

...It is a very remarkable fact that the species of shell-fish common to Greenland and Finmark are not all inhabitants of deep or moderately deep… — Edward Forbes
Between the kitchen and the destroyed chapel a door led into an oval-shaped library. The space inside seemed safe except for a large hole at… — Michael Ondaatje
When I first came to the Eagles, I found a bunch of guys shell-shocked from losing. They had been through some lean years, they just… — Ron Jaworski
The more you become a connoisseur of gratitude, the less you are a victim of resentment, depression, and despair. Gratitude will act as an elixir… — Sam Keen
Hana, everything that God made valuable in the world is covered and hard to get to. Where do you find diamonds? Deep down in the… — Muhammad Ali
We feel our shell keeps us safe, but it crushes us and others, and keeps out light and sun. — Taisen Deshimaru
You want to know yourself. For this keep steadily in the focus of consciousness, the only clue you have: your certainty of being. Be with… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
The South is the land of the sustained sibilant. Everywhere, for the appreciative visitor, the letter "s" insinuates itself in the scene: in the sound… — Elwyn Brooks White
I do not wonder at a snowflake, a shell, a summer landscape, or the glory of the stars; but at the necessity of beauty under… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
From the moment we are born, the world tends to have a box already built for us to fit inside. Our umbilical cord never seems… — Paige Bradley
What you discover about lifeâ€™s shell game is that itâ€™s hardest to follow the pea when youâ€™re the pea. — Robert Breault
Walnuts have a shell, and they have a kernel. Religions are the same. They have an essence, but then they have a protective coating. This… — Huston Smith
Dislodging a green nut from it's shell is almost impossible, but let it dry and the lightest tap will do it. — Ramakrishna
I'm extremely compassionate, loving, all of those warm fuzzy things, but the outer shell doesn't project that all the time. — Frank Ocean
So when my film career took off, I always felt like I was trying to play catch-up because I hadn't studied acting before. I didn't… — Lea Thompson
My work is very bodily. It's not a shell, but a body. — Eva Zeisel
What is a movie star? It is an illusion. It was everything I ever wanted to be, but it became a kind of shell, non?… — Jean-Claude Van Damme
Atoms have a nucleus, made of protons and neutrons bound together. Around this nucleus shells of electrons spin, and each shell is either full or… — Kim Stanley Robinson
Shattered dreams, worthless years, here I am encased in a hollow shell. Life began, then was done, now I stare into a cold and empty… — Stevie Wonder
So I don't think I'm gonna pull my head into my shell just because a bunch of people start acting like idiots. — Todd Rundgren

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410 authors contributed a total of 460 Shell Quotes, led by these top contributors: