“Save when at noon his paunch grew mutinous / For a plate of turtle green and glutinous.”
Robert Browning
“Whales only get harpooned when they come to the surface, and turtles can only move forward when they stick their neck out, but investors face risk no matter what they do.”
Charles A. Jaffe
“If we can stop the egg eating by macho Mexicans, we can save thousands of turtles. If you want to improve your sex performance, go take Viagra. Don't kill one of the oldest animals on the planet.”
Homero Aridjis
“When all alone, a turtle will gracefully swim in the ocean, when all alone, a person will gracefully swim alone. The quiet feeling you get from a turtle reflects how a person can feel alone, until someone reaches out a hand.”
Dan Sullivan
“You guys have the common snapping turtle, but he looks a bit different. (This one) gets a lot bigger. When he is all grown up, he will be 200 pounds and that big around (holds up his arms to make a large circle).”
David Nieves
“Try to be like the turtle -- at ease in your own shell”
Bill Copeland
“And the turtles, of course... All the turtles are free- As turtles and, maybe, all creatures should be.”
Dr. Seuss
