Inspirational Oyster Quotes & Sayings

And when Aphrodite was told about Cupid's rapid progress, she asked Zeus whether he would take her other son, Hymen, along too, since Hymen was already twenty-one & was about to be appointed as the God of Marriage, but knew precious little about love & sex, let alone, marriage.
And thus Zeus took Hymen along too on his oyster hunt. But the Nymphs did not like Hymen. They shrieked & ran in all directions at his approach. But Hymen turned out to be a worthy oyster hunter. He caught the Nymphs easily enough & after catching them, he fed them with wine which his father, the God of Wine, made. And thus drugged, he harvested their oysters painlessly. And this was how all virgin Nymphs & girls got their oysters named after him, the God of Marriage. — Nicholas Chong

Persistent problems, however unpleasant they may seem, contain the unprocessed and unexamined thoughts and feelings that, if left alone, keep you from your greatness. That's why the pain, emptiness, and longing you feel can be your greatest gift - it can motivate you to examine parts of yourself that have been overlooked, forgotten, or hidden. It's the irritant of sand in the oyster, which is the impetus for the pearl. In walking the conscious life path, you reveal your deepest Reality, layer by layer. You come home. — Jennifer Howard

Those we love, we can grow to hate. And life ... life can be perfect one minute and in shambles the next. — Gena Showalter

Don't Cry For Me, Argentina — Margaret Thatcher

If you can live with less of what you have.
You can be more of who you are. — Celso Cukierkorn

That there's no more important decision in life than who you marry. — Brad Paisley

I don't remember my first two marriages ... the details are very sketchy. — Ian McShane

He and I suddenly saw the whole country like an oyster for us to open; and the pearl was there, the pearl was there. — Jack Kerouac

I cannot understand the motivation of a bully, is what it is; this is the one thing that makes me unreasonable. I — Patrick DeWitt

Be as bold as the first man or [woman] to eat an oyster. — Shirley Chisholm

I put my talent in my work, I save my Genius for my life. — Oscar Wilde

At the heart of daily punishment and sufferings, in the very wheels of encroaching mediocrity, are found both the keys and the doors to inner worlds. — Jean-Pierre Turmel

Words are alive
when I've found a story that I love, I read it again and again, like playing a favorite song over and over.
Reading isn't passive
I enter the story with the characters, breathe their air, feel their frustrations,
scream at them to stop when they're about to do something stupid, cry with them, laugh with them.
Reading for me, is spending time with a friend. A book is a friend. You can never have too many. — Gary Paulsen

The final destinations of ignorant people are always the same streets: Street of downfall, street of defeat, street of frustration, street of disgrace! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

My life is European. — Kristin Scott Thomas

We are like those oysters in many ways ... Irritants, or foreign objects, infiltrate our lives in the form of bad choices, jealousy, fear, deep loss, and countless other challenges I could name. We choose how to handle things that come, either by rallying our strength and faith and finding a way to go on, or by giving into the pressure and giving up.
When we choose to stand up inside and protect our spirits, our hearts, and the essence of who we are, we produce a substance similar to what the oyster produces to form the layers of the pearl. In us, it's called character, integrity, grace, courage, and the ability to love ourselves and others, with no strings attached. — Stacy Hawkins Adams

A team effort is a lot of people doing what I say — Michael Winner

May we continue to remember not to judge man by the color of his skin, but the content of his character. — Michael Jackson