#turtles

Dill said striking a match under a turtle was hateful. “How do you know a match don't hurt him?” “Turtles can't feel, stupid,” said Jem. “Where you ever a turtle, huh? ↗

— Harper Lee

#kids #turtles #cute

I loved 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.' It was such a big part of my childhood. ↗

— Megan Fox

#childhood #i #loved #mutant #ninja

Men who wear turtlenecks look like turtles. ↗

— Doris Lilly

#look #men #turtles #wear #who

The two are unrelated. I'm not into turtles or space stuff. ↗

— Harry Connick, Jr.

#into #space #stuff #turtles #two

Wise men say, 'Forgiveness is divine, but never pay full price for late pizza. ↗

— Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

#forgiveness

Like if Leonardo from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles started being all bummed out about everything. How were we going to kick arse if our Leonardo was wearing a black eye-band instead of a blue one? ↗

— Dougie Poynter

#leadership #teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles #leadership

Only bad golfers are lucky. They're the ones bouncing balls off trees, curbs, turtles and cars. Good golfers have bad luck. When you hit the ball straight, a funny bounce is bound to be unlucky. ↗

— Lee Trevino

#bad luck #ball #balls #bounce #bouncing

I have always brought home stray animals - everything from squirrels to wild rabbits to foxes and turtles. ↗

— Amy Weber

#brought #everything #foxes #home #i

People have been on earth in our present form for only about 100,000 years, and in so many ways we’re still ironing out our kinks. These turtles we’ve been traveling with, they outrank us in longevity, having earned three more zeros than we. They’ve got one hundred million years of success on their resume, and they’ve learned something about how to survive in the world. And this, I think, is part of it: they have settled upon peaceful career paths, with a stable rhythm. If humans could survive another one hundred million years, I expect we would no longer find ourselves riding bulls. It’s not so much that I think animals have rights; it’s more that I believe humans have hearts and minds- though I’ve yet to see consistent, convincing proof of either. Turtles may seem to lack sense, but they don’t do senseless things. They’re not terribly energetic, yet they do not waste energy… turtles cannot consider what might happen yet nothing turtles do threatens anyone’s future. Turtles don’t think about the next generation, but they risk and provide all they can to ensure that there will be one. Meanwhile, we profess to love our own offspring above all else, yet above all else it is they from whom we daily steal. We cannot learn to be more like turtles, but from turtles we could learn to be more human. That is the wisdom carried within one hundred million years of survival. What turtles could learn from us, I can’t quite imagine. ↗

— Carl Safina

#nature #peace #turtles #imagination