“One who is proud of ancestry is like a turnip; there is nothing good of him but that which is underground”
Samuel Butler
“Erection is chiefly caused by parsnips, artichokes, turnips, asparagus, candied ginger, acorns bruised to a powder drunk in muscatel”
Aristotle
“This diamond has so many carats it's almost a turnip”
Richard Burton
“I was raised almost entirely on turnips and potatoes, but I think that the turnips had more to do with the effect than the potatoes.”
Marlene Dietrich
“You can't get blood out of a turnip”
Proverb
“Do I look like a turnip that just fell off the turnip truck”
“You can't squeeze blood out of a turnip”
