Acephalous Quotes

#1. Oysters are the only food that never causes indigestion. Indeed, a man would have to eat sixteen dozen of these acephalous molluscs in order to gain the 315 grammes of nitrogen he requires daily.

Jules Verne

#2. Most anthologists of poetry or quotations are like those who eat cherries or oysters, first picking the best and ending by eating everything.

Nicolas Chamfort

#3. I was 16 and got my boyfriend's name tattooed on me. Don't do it. 'Cause it hurts. The moment you do it, the next month, the next year, you'll be broken up - trust me - and cover-ups hurt. You can show your love in other ways. Ink is not it. Write it on a piece of paper and mail it to him.

Lauren London

#4. Actually, every time I am back in New York, I read for as many plays as I can.

Chad Lowe

#5. She fantasized sometimes too about killing him a little: a little poison in his pudding, a little flick-flick-flick with a fillet knife at his throat.

Shannon Celebi

#6. Oh, it's a terrible, cruel thing - first you're young, and that takes up such a long time you think it's forever, then suddenly you're not young, and you never get used to it - and, oh dear, there's just the one way out.

Joyce Carol Oates

#7. Imagine a world in which we are all enlightened by objective truths rather than offended by them.

Neil DeGrasse Tyson

#8. Wish for what you want, work for what you need.
-Carmen's grandmother

Ann Brashares