Quote by N. V. Smith

“Shall the world, then, be overrun by oysters?”

— Arthur Conan Doyle

“Even a grain of sand united with an oyster can make a pearl.”

— Truth Devour

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

— Padgett Powell

“Union Oyster House?”

— Colette Freedman

“It was like we were two halves of an oyster shell, and when you put us together, it hid the gray gunk inside.”

— Alex Flinn

“Oysters are a lot like women. It's how we survive the hurts in life that brings us strength and gives us our beauty.”

— Beth Hoffman

“Oyster, n. A slimy, gobby shellfish which civilization gives men the hardihood to eat without removing its entrails!”

— Ambrose Bierce

“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

“The World is my Oyster; aw shucks.”

— Badugah

“The world is your oyster, they say, so fill it with pearls of semen.”

— Trebor Healey

“Pearls are congealed oyster spit.”

— Margaret Atwood

“I was conscious of a passing pang for the oyster world, feeling--and I think correctly--that life for these unfortunate bivalves must be one damn…

— P.G. Wodehouse