Mermaid quotes
56 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
"Souls of poets dead and gone, What Elysium have ye known, Happy field or mossy cavern, Choicer than the Mermaid Tavern? Have ye tippled drink more fine Than mine host's Canary wine?"
"I must be a mermaid, Rango. I have no fear of depths and a great fear of shallow living."
"But all the magic I have known I've had to make myself."
"I would wanna be a mermaid, but I think I'm a little bit more of a unicorn, because I'm like a little bit more horsey."
"Eating a raw oyster is like french kissing a mermaid."
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"The difference between a Miracle and a Fact is exactly the difference between a mermaid and a seal."
"It was like falling down an elevator shaft and landing in a pool full of mermaids."
"I was all in gold sequins for Million Dollar Mermaid, 50 feet in the air"
"The safest way to get what you want is to deserve what you want."
"Clark Gable was the first to have called me a mermaid."
"Magic Sandra’s seen a leprechaun, Eddie touched a troll, Laurie danced with witches once, Charlie found some goblins gold. Donald heard a mermaid sing, Susy spied an elf, But all the magic I have known I've had to make myself."
"O, train me not, sweet mermaid, with thy note, to drown me in thy sister’s flood of tears."
"Brave men die a single death; cowards marry fish-head mermaids!"
"I started early, took my dog, And visited the sea; The mermaids in the basement Came out to look at me"
"A mermaid found a swimming lad, Picked him up for her own, Pressed her body to his body, Laughed; and plunging down Forgot in cruel happiness That even lovers drown."
"You got your own style, now let it come through. And remember no matter what, you got to be you."
"I've wanted to be an astronaut, a doctor, a vet - these are things I've said in interviews. Before that, I wanted to be a mermaid and a fairy."
