Humor Quote by Margaret Atwood

“I think about pearls. Pearls are congealed oyster spit.”

— Margaret Atwood

From a grain of sand in the Pearl comes.

— Confucius

My role in life is that of the grain of sand to the oyster-it irritates the oyster and out comes a pearl.

— Ross Perot

The world is your oyster. It's up to you to find the pearls.

— Chris Gardner

I think I have been much of my life an irritant. But some people say that something good came out of my research, something…

— Nicholas Kurti

If that a pearl may in a toad's head dwell, And may be found too in an oyster shell.

— John Bunyan

Within the oyster's shell uncouth The purest pearl may hide, Trust me you'll find a heart of truth Within that rough outside.

— Frances Sargent Osgood

What strikes the oyster shell doesn't damage the pearl.

— Rumi

Somewhere along the line, the pearl would be handed to me.

— Jack Kerouac

A pearl goes up for auction. No one has enough, so the pearl buys itself.

— Rumi

The pearl on my beloved's neck, Afflicted sore the oyster!

— Bhartrhari

There is no irritant as painful as an ace up your sleeve that you can never use; it's the kind of thing that causes…

— Sheila Ballantyne