Quotesia
Home
Authors
Popular authors
Virgil Thomson
Margaret Mead
Khalil Gibran
Ivan Turgenev
Zhuangzi
Norman Cousins
All authors
Today's birthdays
1883 - Jose Ortega y Gasset
1860 - James M. Barrie
1844 - Belle Boyd
1962 - Gary Hume
1918 - Mike Wallace
1969 - Joe Carnahan
Today's birthdays
Popular professions
Artist
Clergyman
Astronaut
Aviator
Mathematician
Businesswoman
All professions
Authors by letter
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
All authors
Topics
Top Quotes
Quotesia
Quote Topics
Oyster Quotes
Oyster Quotes
I do not weep at the world I am too busy sharpening my oyster knife.
Zora Neale Hurston
World
I Am
Busy
Too
Weep
Knife
Sharpening
Oyster
Am
Ocean acidification is often referred to as osteoporosis of the oceans because as acidity rises, shell building creatures such as lobster, oyster, crab, shrimp, and coral are unable to extract the calcium carbonate from the water that they need to build their shells and are thus unable to survive.
Philippe Cousteau, Jr.
Water
Build
Building
Ocean
Extract
Lobster
Unable
Rises
Thus
Because
Oyster
Shell
Shells
Oceans
Referred
Crab
Survive
Often
To Survive
Shrimp
Creatures
Coral
Need
Osteoporosis
Some feel as though the world is their oyster; others feel as though they were the oyster itself, plucked from the ocean, cracked open, and robbed of all that is precious to them.
Joseph B. Wirthlin
World
Ocean
Others
Though
Plucked
Some
Open
Feel
Robbed
Oyster
Were
Itself
Precious
Cracked
Them