Da Vinci Quote by Robert Greene

“Oysters open completely when the moon is full; and when the crab sees one it throws a piece of stone or seaweed into it…

— Anonymous

“Occasionally Leonardo appended a moral lesson to the entry, such as this: “The oyster, when the moon is full, opens itself wide, and when…

— Walter Isaacson

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

— Arthur Conan Doyle

“Here, open wide and let it slide,” he said, tilting a half-shell into Ben’s mouth. The oyster hit Ben’s mouth. It felt warm, salty,…

— Pat Conroy

I think oysters are more beautiful than any religion,' he resumed presently. 'They not only forgive our unkindness to them; they justify it, they…

— Anonymous

“Nonetheless, the oyster, could it fancy, should fancy its excremental equipment a hot item, for what other among Creation's crapping creatures can convert its…

— Tom Robbins

Indeed, I cannot think why the whole bed of the ocean is not one solid mass of oysters, so prolific the creatures seem. Ah,…

— Arthur Conan Doyle

He was a bold man that first ate an oyster.

— Jonathan Swift

The oyster leads a dreadful but exciting life. Indeed, his chance to live at all is slim, and if he should survive the arrows…

— M. F. K. Fisher

“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

“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

“Up until the nineteenth century, the oyster was thought to be a simple primitive creature. We like to think this of the creatures we…

— Mark Kurlansky