Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads. Marianne Moore
I am glad that the life of pandas is so dull by human standards, for our efforts at conservation have little moral value if we preserve creatures only as human ornaments; I shall be impressed when we show solicitude for warty toads and slithering worms. Stephen Jay Gould
Words are cold, muddy toads trying to understand sprites dancing in a field. Yann Martel
You have to kiss a lot of toads before you find a handsome prince. North American Proverb
When toads wrestle, the flies dance. Polish Proverb
You have to kiss a lot of toads before you find a handsome prince. American Proverb