Shirley Chisholm

George Wallace for some strange, unknown reason, he liked me. George Wallace came down to Florida, and he went all over Florida, and he said to the people, 'If you all can't vote for me, don't vote for those oval-headed lizards. Vote for Shirley Chisholm!' And that crashed my votes, because they thought that I was in league with him to get votes.

American Politician

Betty White

I'm not into animal rights. I'm only into animal welfare and health. I've been with the Morris Animal Foundation since the '70s. We're a health organization. We fund campaign health studies for dogs, cats, lizards and wildlife. I've worked with the L.A. Zoo for about the same length of time. I get my animal fixes!

American Actress

Sturgill Simpson

Let's just cut a live record with three microphones in four days and talk about lizards and aliens. If I had taken that idea to even an independent label, I don't see a label out there that would've said, 'Oh yeah, that sounds great. We know how to market this.

American Musician

Geoffrey Rush

I asked, 'What is this guy?' They said, he's part-fish, part-bird, maybe a bit of lizard, and you don't have to go through five hours of makeup to play him. That was good enough for me.

Australian Actor

Kelly Brook

It makes my skin crawl to think about the violent ways snakes, lizards, alligators and other exotic creatures are raised and killed for boots, bags and belts.

English Model

Rick Wilson

Be it China, the World Health Organization, the Bavarian Illuminati, or lizard shapeshifters, it's never Trump's responsibility. It's never Trump's fault.

American Author

Ken Kesey

You've got to get out and pray to the sky to appreciate the sunshine; otherwise you're just a lizard standing there with the sun shining on you.

Udo Kier

I have a ranch and when I sit there and see a little lizard and birds, I really love what I see and I'm love with nature.

German Actor

Iliza Shlesinger

The women who are pool waitresses are another worldly species. They're half-desert lizards. They never have sunburns.

American Comedian

Ryan Stiles

American Actor

Lizards live in varied environments, from deserts to rainforests, adaptability is central to their identity.

Natural Habitat

Lizards feature in folklore and myths, often symbolizing wisdom or deceit, adding depth to their portrayal.

Lizards in Culture

Do not confuse lizards with similar reptiles; snakes lack limbs, while crocodiles are larger and more aquatic.

Avoid Misidentification

As an idiom, calling someone a 'lizard' can indicate they are sneaky or lacking warmth, not to be taken literally.

Idiomatic Use

Use this metaphorical meaning carefully; it can be offensive and is unfit for formal contexts.

Context Awareness

Understanding that 'lizard' can carry negative connotations will help avoid miscommunication in social situations.

Connotation Clarity

 would that be a step forward? Absolutely. I mean, I think right now it's as if all of our technology is basically only asking our lizard brain what's the best way to just impulsively get you to do the next tiniest thing with your time, instead of asking you in your life what we would be most time well spent for you?

How a handful of tech...

 the success maybe it's their parental care maybe it's their incredible adaptation so this deadliest bird in the world could also be a very caring parent and that's how he survives um that ancient foreign the forest naturally has lots of lizards and snakes and bugs but

Filming The World's...

 And they're not quite the same as a mythical dragon. They don't breathe fire. They don't fly. So unlike any other lizard in the world, that they almost deserve their own dragon title and I don't think anybody thinks they don't deserve that title of Dragon.

Do Komodo Dragons Eat...

 up to the point where the lizard can actually shoot blood out of a tie with a precision aim of a sharpshooter and yes it's nothing more than plain old blood the coyote wisely retreats to find a less feisty meal game set match victory

Blood Squirting Lizard PIPE...

 can imagine how the croc might protect the dicker but what can a bird do for the croc this hungry monitor lizard hunting for crocodile eggs is about to find out the monitor lizard knows it's near what at once but on water nickim

Monitor Lizard vs. Croc...

 multiscale and was the first tool to fully support this type of comparative genomics data now in this view in the outer ring we're looking at the human genome and on the inner ring we're looking at that as a lizard the inner

Intuitively visualizing...

 because it actually provides an important advantage. They point out that true hiccups are found only in mammals and that they're not retained in birds, lizards, turtles, or any other exclusively air-breathing animals.

Why do we hiccup? - John...

 less fortunate monitor lizards which may win them a few friends razor-sharp teeth and germ-laden saliva can inflict life-threatening wounds but water monitors rarely bite humans

Giant Carnivorous...

 elsewhere he's a marine iguana the only lizard in the world that gets its food from the sea