--- title: "10 Flypaper Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 10 Flypaper quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Flypaper sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aea/john-steinbeck-71_quote_flies-conquer-the-flypaper-2091745_2091745.jpg" --- > [“Flies conquer the flypaper.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/flies-conquer-the-flypaper/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aea/john-steinbeck-71_quote_flies-conquer-the-flypaper-2091745_2091745.jpg) > [“The flies have conquered the flypaper.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/the-flies-have-conquered-the-flypaper/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97a/john-steinbeck-71_war_the-flies-have-conquered-the-flypaper-12_1207680.jpg) > [“The inertia is as thick and sticky as flypaper.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kimberly-belle/the-inertia-is-as-thick-and-sticky-as-flypaper/) [Kimberly Belle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kimberly-belle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/407/kimberly-belle-45234_inertia_the-inertia-is-as-thick-and-sticky-as-fl_2938662.jpg) > [What am I? Flypaper for freaks!?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikhil-saluja/what-am-i-flypaper-for-freaks/) [Nikhil Saluja](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikhil-saluja/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/390/nikhil-saluja-26_flies_what-am-i-flypaper-for-freaks-2908293_2908293.jpg) > [“I'm like flypaper for the soul.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-vincent/i-m-like-flypaper-for-the-soul/) [Rachel Vincent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-vincent/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c82/rachel-vincent-677_like_i-m-like-flypaper-for-the-soul-2132811_2132811.png) > [Photographs attract false beliefs the way flypaper attracts flies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/errol-morris/photographs-attract-false-beliefs-the-way-flypaper-attracts-flies/) [Errol Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/errol-morris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b4/errol-morris-2512_belief_photographs-attract-false-beliefs-the-wa_2239208.jpg) > [“The very best people are like that. They don’t entangle you like flypaper.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-bradley/the-very-best-people-are-like-that-they-don-t-entangle-you-like/) [Alan Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-bradley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/948/alan-bradley-1571_humor_the-very-best-people-are-like-that-they_2870223.png) > [Books are like flypaper, memories cling to the printed pages better than anything else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelia-funke/books-are-like-flypaper-memories-cling-to-the-printed-pages-better/) [Cornelia Funke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornelia-funke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f17/cornelia-funke-908_book_books-are-like-flypaper-memories-cling-t_1198336.png) > [“And then my grandfather explained -in his language- that utopias are not for mortals. And that people are like flies, that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-grossman/and-then-my-grandfather-explained-in-his-language-that-utopias-are/) [David Grossman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-grossman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c95/david-grossman-9948_death_and-then-my-grandfather-explained-in-his_2269226.jpg) > [Why, lies are like a sticky juice overspreading the world, a living, growing flypaper to catch and gum the wings of every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-dos-passos/why-lies-are-like-a-sticky-juice-overspreading-the-world-a-living/) [John Dos Passos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-dos-passos/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1cf/john-dos-passos-3598_caught_why-lies-are-like-a-sticky-juice-overspr_2736155.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/flypaper/#itemlist", "name": "Flypaper Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Flies conquer the flypaper.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Steinbeck" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/flies-conquer-the-flypaper/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aea/john-steinbeck-71_quote_flies-conquer-the-flypaper-2091745_2091745.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aea/john-steinbeck-71_quote_flies-conquer-the-flypaper-2091745_2091745.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aea/john-steinbeck-71_quote_flies-conquer-the-flypaper-2091745_2091745.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Flies conquer the flypaper.” — John Steinbeck", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The flies have conquered the flypaper.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Steinbeck" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/the-flies-have-conquered-the-flypaper/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97a/john-steinbeck-71_war_the-flies-have-conquered-the-flypaper-12_1207680.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97a/john-steinbeck-71_war_the-flies-have-conquered-the-flypaper-12_1207680.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97a/john-steinbeck-71_war_the-flies-have-conquered-the-flypaper-12_1207680.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The flies have conquered the flypaper.” — John Steinbeck", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The inertia is as thick and sticky as flypaper.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kimberly Belle" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kimberly-belle/the-inertia-is-as-thick-and-sticky-as-flypaper/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/407/kimberly-belle-45234_inertia_the-inertia-is-as-thick-and-sticky-as-fl_2938662.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/407/kimberly-belle-45234_inertia_the-inertia-is-as-thick-and-sticky-as-fl_2938662.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/407/kimberly-belle-45234_inertia_the-inertia-is-as-thick-and-sticky-as-fl_2938662.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The inertia is as thick and sticky as flypaper.” — Kimberly Belle", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "What am I? 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