Quotes About Turtle

What does a snail say when he rides on the back of a turtle? "Whee!"

But it is beautiful, my friend," said Hercule Poirot with admiration. "So clear—so beautifully clear." "You sound as if you were talking about soup," grumbled the inspector. "It may be Consommé to you—but to me there's a good deal of thick Mock Turtle about it still.

'Changes in Latitudes' began when I was looking at a photograph of a sea turtle swimming underwater. I had such a strong feeling for the beauty of this ancient creature, at home in the sea. On the spot, I wanted to swim with that turtle. I began to imagine a character who would do just that.

Our neighbors had always thought us vaguely mad to swim in the pond—someone had seen a snapping turtle more than once—but Poppy and I scoffed at their timidity.

I remember the will said, 'May God thy gold refine.' That must be from the Bible." "Shakespeare," Turtle said. All quotations were either from the Bible or Shakespeare.

I always loved watching films. I've always been active, pretending I was a Power Ranger or a Ninja Turtle. I remember watching 'Toy Story.' I think that was one of my first movies.

That turtle is fearless. She has to be. She carries the Earth on her back.

Somewhere under the hurricane a sea turtle rows through silence.

Now about this turtle. I think I'm gonna name it Oliver." "Why's that?" "Because he's leaving little turtle poop 'Oliver' his terrarium.

I could hear the hiss of various gases escaping the engine and the tires still spinning outside, above, and there was the creak of metal settling as the car stopped rocking, a pathetic turtle on its back.

Every sea-captain who sailed to the West Indies was expected to bring home a turtle on the return voyage for a feast to his expectant friends.

A turtle was mugged by a gang of snails. The police came to take a report, but he couldn't help them. "It all happened so fast," he said.

I mean, I had my turtle Deckard, but his lifestyle consisted of sunbathing, eating goldfish, and—somehow I just knew this—silently judging me while I masturbated. I'd taken to covering his tank with a thin blanket, but still…he knew.

A crab!" yelled Lucy. "He can be a crab!" Jim Knee gave Lucy a withering stare - a crab was little better than a turtle. Septimus looked at Lucy in admiration.

The master was an old Turtle--we used to call him Tortoise--' Why did you call him Tortoise, if he wasn't one?' Alice asked. We called him Tortoise because he taught us,' said the Mock Turtle angrily; 'really you are very dull!' You ought to be ashamed of yourself for asking such a simple question,' added the Gryphon; and then they both sat silent and looked at poor Alice, who felt ready to sink into the earth.

When we were little, the Mock Turtle went on at last, more calmly, though still sobbing a little now and then, we went to school in the sea. The master was an old Turtle - we used to call him Tortoise - Why did you call him Tortoise, if he wasn't one? Alice asked. We called him Tortoise because he taught us, said the Mock Turtle angrily: really you are very dull!

His home was to him home, workshop, church, as personal as the shell of a turtle and as necessary.

but why should I waste wisdom on a river-turtle?

In Canada, Coca-Cola, Turtle Man explains as he fills my glass. In Iran, Pipi Zam Zam.

Gypsy was the name my brother gave a pet turtle he had. I always thought it was so peculiar.

Used to have a pet turtle named George.

The otter's picnic ground is a large rock where we always find empty turtle shells. It is rather sad, but I can't help thinking how conveniently packaged a turtle is to an otter. Like a kind of Big Mac in a crushproof box.

It was the embryo, lost before that point at which Laplace can be distinguished from a turtle.

Other days I want to crawl into a shell like a teenage, mutant, injured turtle.