Snake Quotes

Always carry a flagon of whiskey in case of snakebite and furthermore always carry a small snake.
W. C. Fields

Small, Whiskey, Carry

Even if a snake is not poisonous, it should pretend to be venomous.
Chanakya

Pretend, Poisonous, Venomous

I always keep a supply of stimulant handy in case I see a snake, which I also keep handy.
W. C. Fields

Keep, Case, Handy

If you see a snake, just kill it - don't appoint a committee on snakes.
Ross Perot

Committee, Snakes, Appoint

I like to keep a bottle of stimulant handy in case I see a snake, which I also keep handy.
W. C. Fields

Keep, Bottle, Case

Edible - good to eat and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm.
Ambrose Bierce

Edible, adj.: Good to eat, and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm.
Ambrose Bierce

I think it's been hard for people to understand how Islam can be a good religion, and yet the Islamists are evil. Those of us who have had experience with Islam understand this, just as we understand the difference between snake handlers and people going to church on Sunday morning.
P. J. O'Rourke

Religion, Good, Morning

Never wound a snake; kill it.
Harriet Tubman

I have no fear of losing my life - if I have to save a koala or a crocodile or a kangaroo or a snake, mate, I will save it.
Steve Irwin

Life, Fear, Losing

Method is more important than strength, when you wish to control your enemies. By dropping golden beads near a snake, a crow once managed To have a passer-by kill the snake for the beads.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Strength, Important, Control

There's a snake lurking in the grass.
Virgil

The world of men is dreaming, it has gone mad in its sleep, and a snake is strangling it, but it can't wake up.
David Herbert Lawrence

Men, Sleep, Mad

Owing to ignorance of the rope the rope appears to be a snake; owing to ignorance of the Self the transient state arises of the individualized, limited, phenomenal aspect of the Self.
Guru Nanak

Ignorance, Self, State

I really liked the snake that breaks out of the cage in the beginning of the movie. I saw it in real life, and it was really cool. Really big and fat. The owls are cool as well, but you can't really pet them.
Tom Felton

Life, Cool, Pet

Americans are the great Satan, the wounded snake.
Ayatollah Khomeini

Great, Satan, Wounded

I always wanted to be a snake. Every time I saw a snake on TV. I'd always say 'Why not me?'
Dane Cook

Time, Why, Wanted

Propaganda is a soft weapon; hold it in your hands too long, and it will move about like a snake, and strike the other way.
Jean Anouilh

Long, Move, Hands

I've probably saved thousands of peoples' lives with my educational message on snake bites, how to get in around venomous anything.
Steve Irwin

Around, Lives, Message

You know, you can touch a stick of dynamite, but if you touch a venomous snake it'll turn around and bite you and kill you so fast it's not even funny.
Steve Irwin

Funny, Around, Touch

My favorite moments? Where it's all going swimmingly, the sun's out and I've got a fire going and a nice snake on the barbecue.
Bear Grylls

Nice, Fire, Sun

Every orchid or rose or lizard or snake is the work of a dedicated and skilled breeder. There are thousands of people, amateurs and professionals, who devote their lives to this business. Now imagine what will happen when the tools of genetic engineering become accessible to these people.
Freeman Dyson

Work, Business, Happen

Self-love for ever creeps out, like a snake, to sting anything which happens to stumble upon it.
George Byron

Happens, Sting, Stumble

The hardest thing about my job isn't the snake bites or the crocodiles, it's being away from my children. I have a really religious satellite phone call every day back to the boys, wherever we are, whatever time zone, to say goodnight.
Bear Grylls

Time, Children, Job

In social matters, pointless conventions are not merely the bee sting of etiquette, but the snake bite of moral order.
Florence King

Moral, Social, Order

I've eaten lion, leopard, crocodile, python. I don't recommend lion. It tastes exactly like when a tomcat comes into your house and sprays. Snake and crocodile are great - a cross between lobster and chicken.
Wilbur Smith

Great, Between, House

I'm not about to go out and buy a snake for a pet. I mean, I may have faced a few fears but I'm not insane.
Kristin Davis

I'm fascinated by the whole concept of snake handling. When you read about the Pentecostal snake handlers, what strikes you the most is their commitment.
Lucinda Williams

Whole, Read, Commitment

People think we don't give a toss about the game, but when I walked out of Windsor Park that night I felt lower than a snake's belly. The reality is still there.
Rio Ferdinand

Game, Reality, Night

The first time I showed the tattoo, it was big news in the newspaper: 'She has a tattoo with a snake.' It's not a snake.
Li Na

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