“He was indeed an altered Toad!”

“The chief is the chief. He is the eagle who flies high and cannot be touched by the spit of the toad.”

Mobutu Sésé Seko (1930–1997) President of Zaïre

“And then there was the headless horseman!" said Tiffany. "He had no head!"
"Well, that is the major job qualification," said the toad.”

Terry Pratchett book The Wee Free Men

“I'm such a clever Toad.”

Kenneth Grahame book The Wind in the Willows

“If God had wanted us to be concerned for the plight of the toads, he would have made them cute and furry.”

Dave Barry (1947) American writer

“Edible, adj.: Good to eat, and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm.”

Ambrose Bierce book The Devil's Dictionary

“The toad beneath the harrow knows
Exactly where each tooth point goes;
The butterfly upon the road
Preaches contentment to that toad.”

Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936) English short-story writer, poet, and novelist

“Think as I think," said a man, "or you are abominably wicked; you are a toad." And after I thought of it, I said, "I will, then, be a toad.”

Stephen Crane (1871–1900) American novelist, short story writer, poet, and journalist

“Harry Vane, Pulteney's toad-eater.”

Horace Walpole (1717–1797) English art historian, man of letters, antiquarian and Whig politician

“Apparently you're not allowed to lick a toad's back.”

Karl Pilkington (1972) English television personality, social commentator, actor, author and former radio producer