Accepting Quote by Kate Orff

“Do you appreciate that an oyster has, among its other organs, a heart?”

— Padgett Powell

My taste includes both snails and oysters.

— Marcus Licinius Crassus

Eating a raw oyster is like french kissing a mermaid.

— Tom Robbins

An oyster may be crossed in love.

— Richard Brinsley Sheridan

“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

“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

OYSTER, n. A slimy, gobby shellfish which civilization gives men the hardihood to eat without removing its entrails! The shells are sometimes given to…

— Ambrose Bierce

The world is your oyster... ...too bad you're allergic to shellfish.

— Paul Neilan

As I ate the oysters with their strong taste of the sea and their faint metallic taste that the cold white wine washed away,…

— Ernest Hemingway

Has every oyster a different taste?

— Errol Flynn

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

— Katie Aselton

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

— Steve Scalise