Mollusk Quotes

Without sea-power Germany's position in the world resembled a mollusk without a shell

As with wine, geography affects the flavor. Oysters are usually named for a locale.

It's important that your shucked oyster is clean and pristine.

There's really not a difference between an octopus and, like, a giant pile of snot.

If you've got cockles, those nickel-size, heart-shaped mollusks, and you want to get fancy, steam them, then toss the meat in finely ground cornmeal.

I'm not a big oyster eater. But I know people who will sit at a raw bar and eat oyster for two hours.

When it comes to the battle of the molluscs, cephalopods win tentacles down.

No oyster in the world tastes as good as a Gulf oyster.

In fact, we started off with two or three different shells and the shell had life of its own.

I think oysters are overrated, and I don't love the texture.

'Escargot' is French for 'fat crawling bag of phlegm'.

I have always loved octopuses. No sci-fi alien is so startlingly strange.

Octopuses have hundreds of suckers, each one equipped with its own ganglion with thousands of neurons. These 'mini-brains' are interconnected, making for a widely distributed nervous system. That is why a severed octopus arm may crawl on its own and even pick up food.

I had rather be an oyster than a man, the most stupid and senseless of animals.

Any good kitchen should be stocked up in oysters, shouldn't they?

The giant squid has the biggest eyes of any animal on the planet. It's a visual predator.

OYSTER, n. A slimy, gobby shellfish which civilization gives men the hardihood to eat without removing its entrails! The shells are sometimes given to the poor.

Shy is the oyster, fervent is the clam, peaceful is the ocean floor rocked by the sands of time.

Oysters are the devil's food. Not a fan!

Escargot is pretty good.

A winkle is just a bogey with a crash helmet on.