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Shells Quotes

From artillery to seashells, quotes spanning it all.

This page covers two very different meanings of "shells": the artillery kind referenced in sharp commentary on war and terror, and the natural kind found on famously pink Bermuda beaches. It connects to our Artillery quotes collection.

Poverty and ignorance, which beget terror, are not eradicated by firing artillery shells. Borders do not stop rockets, and barbed wire does not prevent terror.

Quotes by Shimon Peres

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

Quotes by Ken Thompson

The trouble with Germans is not that they fire shells, but that they engrave them with quotations from Kant.

Quotes by Karl Kraus

Bermuda's beaches are justly famed for their pink sands, colored by the pulverized shells of single-celled organisms called foraminifera. When occupied by bikini-clad sunbathers, the beaches, with Victorian primness, appear to be blushing.

Quotes by Jonathan Miles

Artillery Quotes

The town caught fire in several places, shells crashed and burst, and solid shot rained like hail.

Quotes by James Longstreet

Walnuts have a shell, and they have a kernel. Religions are the same. They have an essence, but then they have a protective coating. This is not the only way to put it. But it's my way. So the kernels...

Quotes by Huston Smith

Along the beach I never collected shells from my father's shore.

Quotes by Corey Hart

It has long been a fact familiar to geologists, that, both on the east and west coasts of the central part of Scotland, there are lines of raised beaches, containing marine shells of the same species as those now inhabiting...

Quotes by Charles Lyell

One cannot collect all the beautiful shells on the beach.

Quotes by Anne Spencer

Barbed Quotes

I have played in matches where individuals have frozen and gone into their shells: they don't want the ball, they don't communicate, and they don't do their jobs. Fear turns them to stone.

Quotes by Alex Scott

Frequently Asked Questions

What kinds of shells do these quotes discuss?
The page covers both artillery shells referenced in war and security commentary, and natural seashells described in nature and travel writing.
Why do people search for shells quotes?
Readers look for these quotes when researching commentary on conflict and terrorism, or when writing about beaches, nature, and coastal imagery.
Is there a quote about shells and poverty or terror?
Yes, one argues that poverty and ignorance breed terror, and that firing artillery shells alone won't eradicate it, a pointed policy observation.
Does any quote describe shells in nature?
One vividly describes Bermuda's pink sand beaches, colored by the pulverized shells of tiny single-celled organisms.
How does this connect to our Artillery quotes collection?
Since several quotes here reference military shells directly, our Artillery quotes collection offers closely related content.

One quote wryly notes that the real trouble with certain shells is being engraved with philosophical quotations, a dark bit of dry humor. For more, see our Barbed Wire and Beach quotes.