Turtle Quotes: top 100 famous quotes about Turtle

Turtle Quotes & Sayings

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If a turtle doesn't have a shell, is he homeless or naked? — George Carlin

I felt like time was a great sea, and I was floating on the back of a turtle, and no sails broke the horizon. — Janet Fitch

Don't insult me. Everyone knows a turtle is a crustacean on its mother's side. — Anthony Marra

A Man Needs A Woman Like A Turtle Needs A Shell on His Back" SINGLE AGAIN by Rod Cornelius — Rod Cornelius

To look into the mirror is to see the future, in blood and rubies. — Gregory Maguire

Dad-a-dhuck, dad-a-churtle, don't worry, girl, you've got the turtle! — Stephen King

Tracked the kits' trail and it met another. The heather was drenched with Tom's scent. Turtle Tail recognized it at once. — Erin Hunter

Sure as eggs is eggs," he said. "As the turkey-farmer said when he hatched his first turtle. — Neil Gaiman

She reminds me of a turtle; you can never quite know wha ta turtle is thinking. — Jaycee Dugard

See the TURTLE, ain't he keen? All things serve the fuckin Beam. — Stephen King

Am I not turtley enough for the Turtle Club? Turtle! Turtle! — Dana Carvey

The turtle couldn't help us. — Stephen King

'The Green Turtle' wasn't all that popular. He lasted only five issues of Blazing Comics before disappearing into obscurity. — Gene Luen Yang

I'm the Turtle, son. I made the universe, but please don't blame me for it; I had a belly-ache. — Stephen King

Unfortunately, I am not like a snail or a turtle, and I can't take my houses with me when I move. — Brigitte Bardot

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

What in the hell was that supposed to be? What are you ... a Ninja Turtle? — Elle Casey

With very good reason, my favorite animal is the turtle. — Kathy Carmichael

Anytime you see a turtle up on top of a fence post, you know he had some help. — Alex Haley

But why should I waste wisdom on a river-turtle? — Rudyard Kipling

All the thoughts of a turtle are turtle — Ralph Waldo Emerson

So a lorry-load of tortoises crashed into a train-load of terrapins, I thought "That's a turtle disaster". — Tommy Cooper

Wow. Who would want a fish for a pet when they could have a turtle?! — Christopher Paul Curtis

The turtle stands on a turtle, which stands on a turtle. That's the universe in whole, boy. It's turtles all the way down. — Bill Willingham

Always ask the turtle. — Gloria Steinem

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. — Alice Morse Earle

The turtle lives 'twixt plated decks Which practically conceal its sex I think it clever of the turtle In such a fix to be so fertile. — Ogden Nash

I know my limits. You don't ever need to worry about me." "Thanks, Scot. I'll remind myself of that next time I see you looking like a flipped turtle. — Brad Thor

But we are mostly what we are, and the turtle stretching toward delicious buds on high does not lighten his carapace by his resolve. — Arthur Miller

She wore leather pants, a long-sleeved shirt open over a tank top, and enough guns and knives to make her look like a pissed-off Ninja Turtle. — S.M. Reine

A turtle doesn't have to decide every morning whether to keep on bothering, it just carries on. Maybe that's why man kills everything: envy. — Russell Hoban

Watch the turtle. He only moves forward by sticking his neck out. — Louis V. Gerstner Jr.

As true as steel, as plantage to the moon,
As sun to day, at turtle to her mate,
As iron to adamant, as earth to centre. — William Shakespeare

...the world kept turning and the Turtle moved. — Terry Pratchett

Star, pillows don't attack dogs," Sam said.
"Or anything else," Turtle added. — Jennifer Priester

Even if a horse comes down from kings and queens but lacks heart, he can't outrun a three-year-old turtle. — Fred Grove

I want to meet the man who saw a turtle and said, "People will LOVE the ninja version of that." — Jonah Hill

If the road is beautiful, walk the road slowly; be a turtle, be a snail and even better than this: Stop walking; live the road fully! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Turtles are greater than baby nephews, because it's ok to drop a turtle. — Demetri Martin

I was moving at the speed of a three-legged turtle, so it took a while to blink my eyes open, and even then it was just a thin crack. — Jennifer L. Armentrout

See the turtle of enormous girth, on his shell he holds the earth. If you want to run and play, come along the beam today. — Stephen King

No turtle can be a revolutionist, because revolution requires high speed! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Withdraw, like a turtle, into a hard yet harmless shell, ornamented with beautiful memories of the past.
from the book 'I Know Who You Are! — Mariam Masood

A turtle does come in it's own bowl — Mike Dirnt

More humans should acquire the quality of the turtle. He makes more progress only when he sticks his neck out. — Mitch Kynock

Our cat is kind dove shellfish, and thinks the world is hers, She finds a comfy spot and then we pet turtle sheep purrs. — Brian P. Cleary

Be like the turtle. If he didn't stick his neck out, he wouldn't get anywhere at all. — Harvey MacKay

We can all sleep better tonight knowing Turtle is on the team. — Michael R. Nardo

Do not let fear confine your life Inside a shell of doubt; A turtle never moves until His head is sticking out. — Charles Ghigna

Two turtle doves will show thee Where my cold ashes lie And sadly murmuring tell thee How in tears I did die — Nikolai Gogol

The body is simple as a turtle / and straight as a dog: / the body cannot lie. — Marge Piercy

Nothing," he said softly. "It's just a real nice turtle, that's all." "You — Amy Lane

Ode to the Chamber
... linger here amidst the chamber
in which we embrace our love
talk to me of sonnets
and call me turtledove ... — Muse

It's okay to play turtle for a while, as long as you don't get too fond of your shell. — Eileen Wilks

You will not mistake the newspaperman - looks like a big turtle - published a letter meant to embarrass me. — George Hearst

Hawaii was beautiful of course, we played at Turtle Bay an amazing resort right on the ocean. — Natalie Gulbis

The van started as John had promised, and it sounded good, but was about as useless as tits on a turtle if we couldn't get out of the garage. — Mark Tufo

On a scale of one to sexy I'm at a solid awkward turtle ninety percent of the time. — Kandi Steiner

Grace said,"Dr. Wexler was called away on an emergency operation."
"An emergency Packers game in Green Bay," Turtle confided to Flora Baumbach. — Ellen Raskin

She was my life raft, my turtle. — Janet Fitch

His projected face bony and intense, Garth peered out of his booth like an aroused turtle. — Philip K. Dick

As far as I knew, Nadia was still with her new guy, some fancy tennis player from Brazil. Donatello or Michelangelo or something. Ninja Turtle? Yeah. — Ilsa Madden-Mills

The turtle only makes progress when it's neck is stuck out. — Rollo May

I've heard this attributed to Calvin Coolidge. "Behold the turtle. He never gets anywhere unless he sticks his neck out. — Mike Coyle

Turtle has just one plan at a time, and every cell buys into it. — Ted Kooser

My spirit animal ... probably like a turtle, because I have no concept of time. — Rita Ora

Take a walk with a turtle. And behold the world in pause. — Bruce Feiler

The Turtle, son. I made the universe, but please don't blame me for it; I had a bellyache. Help me! Please help me! - I take no stand in these — Stephen King

If superstition could contradict science, the world may as well be on the back of a turtle. But giving into turtle worship was a bridge too far. — Thomm Quackenbush

I have an image of
Turtle
right on the forehead.
She seems to go through the lobes of my brain. Sort of
like swimming. — Sandra Harner

I learn as much from a turtle as from a religious text. — Dalai Lama

Move at a snail's pace or walk with the speed of a turtle or run like a rabbit! Just move; forget about the speed and just move ahead! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Ah, but would we not all be the fools to attack an armored turtle through its shell? — R.A. Salvatore

The turtle whose head
Is within his shell
Thinks the world outside
Is going well. — Carol Kendall

Kip looked up at him and grinned. Don't you know what I am? I'm the fucking turtle-bear. — Brent Weeks

A lizard fucks a crab and nine months later a turtle pops out. It's called evolution. — Anthony Marra

A turtle swims in the background while this shark's face is distorted by the diver's camera lens. — James Mayrose

If you want success in life, then just learn how to walk like a turtle instead of flying. — Auliq Ice

The turtle moves. — Terry Pratchett

Video games don't make people go nuts. I played Super Mario forever. Not once hopping on a turtle or smash my head through a brick ceiling. — Dane Cook

You know what makes no sense? A bunch of penises making choices for vaginas. That's like interviewing a turtle on the struggles of being a dolphin. We — Luvvie Ajayi

All the world's a stage, Timmy Quinn, but it's not the only one ...
The Turtle Boy (The Timmy Quinn Series (Book One) — Kealan Patrick Burke

Dr. Seuss's management masterpiece Yertle the Turtle. SCREENING — Ben Horowitz

The slow turtle wins the race!" at it pertains to writing and editing well. — Dennis De Rose

I'm doing what I do well," he said, tugging me nearer. "Taking care of my Turtle. — Christina Lee

Perhaps I am the turtle, able to live simply anywhere, even underwater for short periods, with my home on my back. — Kurt Vonnegut

Words have a life of their own. There is no telling what they will do. Within a matter of days, they can even turn turtle and mean the opposite. — Craig Brown

What would it be like to be a turtle inside a shell hit by hailstones? — Naomi Shihab Nye

Would they ever let go, these grey, turtle-faced creatures? Would their stranglehold on the Western world ever cease? — Paul Christensen

To kiss her there was to intrude into something private and skeletal, like a turtle's shoulder. — Leonard Cohen

Cricket? Nobody understands cricket! You gotta know what a crumpet is to understand cricket! — Raphael

And when you look at the Turtle's movie there is something there, definitely something there. — Eddie Campbell

You can't get the taste of winning in a running competition with a turtle! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

I slipped on a turtleneck, laughing when my head became stuck in the turtle part. If they weren't called turtlenecks, I wouldn't have worn them. — Augusten Burroughs

Reform Judaism is like mock turtle soup-turtle soup without the turtle — Heinrich Heine

I had to be self-contained, a kind of casual turtle carrying his house on his back. — John Steinbeck

Move well, study well, play well, eat well, rest well - That is the turtle master way! — Akira Toriyama

Well, I never heard it before, but it sounds uncommon nonsense. — Lewis Carroll

Like the turtle, you need to stick your neck out to make progress. — Anna Olson

We don't even know if we're in this room. We could be in a turtle's dream in outer space. — Danny DeVito