A Quote by Matsuo Basho

Old pond, frog jumps in - plop.

Matsuo Basho

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Frog Jumps Old Pond

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Matsuo Basho
Japanese - Poet
1644 - November 28, 1694

The old pond, ah! A frog jumps in: The water's sound.

Matsuo Basho

Old dark sleepy pool... Quick unexpected frog Goes plop! Watersplash!

Matsuo Basho

Tonight I walked around the pond scaring frogs; a couple of them jumped off, going, in effect, eek, and most grunted, and the pond was still. But one big frog, bright green like a poster-paint frog, didn't jump, so I waved my arm and stamped to scare it, and it jumped suddenly, and I jumped, and then everything in the pond jumped, and I laughed and laughed.

Annie Dillard

Frog has no nerves. Frog is as old as a cockroach. Frog is my father's genitals. Frog is a malformed doorknob. Frog is a soft bag of green.

Anne Sexton

Old pond, leap-splash - a frog.

Matsuo Basho

When I was really young I used to collect frog spawn. I made a pond out of an old sink and I loved to spend hours watching the frogs grow.

Beth Orton

To a frog that's never left his pond, the ocean seems like a gamble. Look what he's giving up: security, mastery of his world, recognition! The ocean frog just shakes his head. "I can't explain where I live, but someday I'll take you there."

Rumi

At the ancient pond the frog plunges into the sound of water

Matsuo Basho

It's a poor frog that doesn't praise his own pond! - Donnie McClurkin

Donnie McClurkin

As the old fisherman remarked after explaining the various ways to attach a frog to a hook, it's all the same to the frog.

Paul Schullery

Frog in a little pond can be much happier than fish in a vast ocean!

Mehmet Murat Ildan

Breaking the silence Of an ancient pond, A frog jumped into water - A deep resonance.

Matsuo Basho

In restaurants where they serve frog's legs, what do they do with the rest of the frog? Do they just throw it away? You never see "frog torsos" on the menu. Is there actually a garbage can full of frog bodies in the alley? I wouldn't want to be a homeless guy looking for an unfinished cheeseburger and open the lid on that

George Carlin

That's the old ecological tale that explains humans' inability to fully appreciate global warming. To wit: if you drop a frog in a pan of hot water, it jumps out. If you drop it in a pan of cold water, then turn the heat up slowly, you can roast it to death.