Turtles Quotes

• And the turtles, of course...all the turtles are free, as turtles and, maybe, all creatures should be.

  Dr. Seuss

  Should, Creatures, Courses

  Richard H. Minear, Dr. Seuss (2001). “Dr. Seuss Goes to War: The World War II Editorial Cartoons of Theodor Seuss Geisel”, p.260, New Press, The

  63 Copy quote

  Show source

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

  Charles Ghigna

  Fear, Moving, Doubt

  15 Copy quote

• Take a walk with a turtle. And behold the world in pause.

  Bruce Feiler

  World, Walks, Pauses

  "On Father's Day - Make Time for a Long, Slow Walk" by Bruce Feiler, www.foxnews.com. June 19, 2011.

  12 Copy quote

  Show source

• I don't want to live in a world where I could say to my daughter, 'There used to be turtles that swam in the ocean.'

  Angela Kinsey

  Daughter, Mother, Ocean

  "The Office ‘s Angela Kinsey Gets Serious About Sea Turtles" by Tamar Abrams, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 16, 2010.

  10 Copy quote

  Show source

• If a turtle doesn't have a shell, is he homeless or naked?

  George Carlin

  Shells, Naked, Homeless

  12 Copy quote

• Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.

  James Bryant Conant

  Motivational, Courage, Funny Inspirational

  Personal Quote, www.imdb.com.

  67 Copy quote

  Show source

• If a problem looks difficult, relax. If it looks impossible, relax even more. Then begin encouraging small changes, putting just enough pressure on yourself to move one turtle step forward. Then rest, savor, celebrate. Then step again. You’ll find that slow is fast, gentle is powerful, and stillness moves mountains.

  Martha Beck

  Powerful, Moving, Small Changes

  53 Copy quote

• I learn as much from a turtle as from a religious text.

  Dalai Lama

  Religious, Learning, Religious Texts

  7 Copy quote

• Retain a calm heart, sit like a turtle, walk swiftly like a pigeon, and sleep like a dog

  Li Ching-Yuen

  Inspirational, Funny, Dog

  85 Copy quote

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

  Jonah Hill

  Men, People, Want

  27 Copy quote

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

  Danny DeVito

  Dream, Space, Rooms

  104 Copy quote

• Like the turtle, you need to stick your neck out to make progress.

  Anna Olson

  Progress, Needs, Sticks

  13 Copy quote

• Looking for peace is like looking for a turtle with a mustache: You won't be able to find it. But when your heart is ready, peace will come looking for you.

  Ajahn Chah

  Peace, Heart, Mustache

  85 Copy quote

• Turtles remind us that the way to heaven is through the earth. In Mother Earth is all that we need. She will care for us, protect us, and nurture us, as long as we do the same for her. For that to happen, we must slow down and heighten our sensibilities. We must see the connection to all things. Just as the turtle cannot separate itself from its shell, neither can we separate ourselves from what we do to the Earth.

  Ted Andrews

  Mother, Long, Heaven

  Ted Andrews (2010). “Animal Speak: The Spiritual & Magical Powers of Creatures Great and Small”, p.309, Llewellyn Worldwide

  16 Copy quote

  Show source

• All the thoughts of a turtle are turtle

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Ralph Waldo Emerson, Joel Porte (1982). “Emerson in His Journals”, p.457, Harvard University Press

  14 Copy quote

  Show source

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

  Harvey Mackay

  Sticks, Necks, Ifs

  20 Copy quote

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

  Eileen Wilks

  Play, Long, Shells

  Eileen Wilks (2008). “Night Season”, p.16, Penguin

  8 Copy quote

  Show source

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

  Alex Haley

  Funny, Animal, Fence Post

  "A Touch of Class" by Carol Vanderheyden, (p. 60), 2003.

  52 Copy quote

  Show source

• Pride of one's work is not improper, unladylike, or vain. We can all take a lesson from the sea turtle. She does not travel thousands of miles or risk all for her ego. She has an instinct for greatness --- one that I believe is found in all living creatures.

  Mary Alice

  Believe, Pride, Greatness

  11 Copy quote

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

  Ted Kooser

  Cells, Plans, Just One

  Jim Harrison, Ted Kooser (2013). “Braided Creek: A Conversation in Poetry”, p.11, Copper Canyon Press

  15 Copy quote

  Show source

• You are absolutely free to describe me as a turtle or something.

  Paul Giamatti

  Describe Me

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

  49 Copy quote

  Show source

• 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

  Running, Moving, Rabbits

  12 Copy quote

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

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Home, Underwater, Able

  Kurt Vonnegut (2010). “Slapstick or Lonesome No More”, p.7, Random House

  91 Copy quote

  Show source

• You know the sultans used to light their garden parties with turtles? They'd put candles on their backs and let them wander around. Hundreds of them.

  Joseph Kanon

  Party, Garden, Light

  Joseph Kanon (2012). “Istanbul Passage: A grippping historical thriller from the author of Leaving Berlin”, p.160, Simon and Schuster

  7 Copy quote

  Show source

• Turtles have always been my sigil, I suppose. When I was a kid, growing up in Bayonne, NJ, I lived in a federal housing project, and we were not allowed to have a dog or cats. The only pets I could have were turtles. So, I had an entire toy castle filled with dime-store turtles. I gave them all names, and since they were living in a toy castle, I decided they were all knights and kingsand I made up stories about how they killed each other and betrayed each other and fought for the kingdom. So, Game of Thrones, actually began with turtles. I decided later to recast it with actual human beings.

  George R. R. Martin

  Dog, Growing Up, Cat

  9 Copy quote