Turtles Quotes

It made me so happy. On my song Whoops Now,` I even used the lyrics, `I`m out in the sun having fun with my friends` (from that song). There`s also the Turtles` `Happy Together` and the Association`s `Windy` and Simon and Garfunkel`s `Feelin` Groovy.` Those songs are all precious moments to me. They`re about just plain feeling good." - In a Rolling Stone `93 interview.

I have always brought home stray animals - everything from squirrels to wild rabbits to foxes and turtles.

(about Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)) I got this movie while I was still shooting Cadillac Man (1990) and had to fly off to North Carolina on the weekends. Everyone wondered what kind of strange movie I was off doing. Only Robin (Robin Williams) had heard of the Ninja Turtles. He had collected all of the comic books and couldn`t wait to see the movie. He brought his kids to the premiere and surprised me. The movie ended up being a big hit. I still have a hard time watching that movie . . . I was never satisfied with how it came out. It lost a lot of its soul. Elias Koteas, however, was brilliant.

Being on a successful show is kind of like being a sea turtle. Every year sea turtles lay hundreds and hundreds of eggs but only a few manage to survive and mature. It`s the same with TV pilots. There are so many great ideas, but for whatever reason only the lucky ones get picked up. I know that sounds kind of cheesy, but that`s how it feels to me.

My Dad used to bring home turtles he found on construction sites, ... I fell in love with turtles and snakes, and couldn`t get enough of it.

Of course, we probably should have left them where they were, ... But when we`d bring them home, they`d lay eggs, and next thing you know we`d have baby turtles running around. I love nature and wildlife, and it`s always been a part of my family.

Whales only get harpooned when they come to the surface, and turtles can only move forward when they stick their neck out, but investors face risk no matter what they do.