#oyster

The first man gets the oyster, the second man gets the shell. ↗

— Andrew Carnegie

#first #gets #man #oyster #second

No good poem, however confessional it may be, is just a self-expression. Who on earth would claim that the pearl expresses the oyster? ↗

— C. Day Lewis

#earth #expresses #good #however #just

We also have favourite place in France, called Charlot Premier in Nice, which does excellent oysters. ↗

— Roger Moore

#called #does #excellent #favourite #favourite place

Right after 'Raymond' I had a world-is-my-oyster attitude, but I found out I don't like oysters. I had this existential emptiness. 'What is my purpose? Who am I?' I had a big identity crisis. ↗

— Ray Romano

#am #attitude #big #crisis #emptiness

What can be more foolish than to think that all this rare fabric of heaven and earth could come by chance, when all the skill of art is not able to make an oyster! ↗

— Anatole France

#art #chance #come #could #earth

Anybody who spends time off of Louisiana's shores can recognize that these oysters are not endangered. To classify them as such risks great harm to not only fishermen who make their living collecting oysters in the Gulf, but also to Louisiana's economy in total. ↗

— Bobby Jindal

#anybody #classify #collecting #economy #endangered

In the United States, there one feels free... Except from the Americans - but every pearl has its oyster. ↗

— Randall Jarrell

#except #feels #free #oyster #pearl

He was a bold man that first ate an oyster. ↗

— Jonathan Swift

#ate #bold #first #man #old man

A typical Christmas is me shucking oysters. I love them and I always get them in at Christmas. ↗

— Hugh Bonneville

#christmas #get #i #i always #i love

I do not weep at the world I am too busy sharpening my oyster knife. ↗

— Zora Neale Hurston

#busy #i #i am #i do #knife