--- title: "14 Footnotes Quotes By Will Cuppy" description: "14 Footnotes quotes by Will Cuppy. Plus more from Will Cuppy and more Footnotes sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f8/will-cuppy-7569_ants_an-ant-on-a-hot-stove-lid-runs-faster-th_2748073.jpg" --- > [An Ant on a hot stove-lid runs faster than an Ant on a cold one. Who wouldn't?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-cuppy/an-ant-on-a-hot-stove-lid-runs-faster-than-an-ant-on-a-cold-one-who/) [Will Cuppy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-cuppy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f8/will-cuppy-7569_ants_an-ant-on-a-hot-stove-lid-runs-faster-th_2748073.jpg) > [We have no Common Vipers in the United States, but we have worse.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-cuppy/we-have-no-common-vipers-in-the-united-states-but-we-have-worse/) [Will Cuppy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-cuppy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cff/will-cuppy-7569_america_we-have-no-common-vipers-in-the-united-s_683819.jpg) > [The Chameleon's face reminded Aristotle of a Baboon. Aristotle wasn't much of a looker himself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-cuppy/the-chameleon-s-face-reminded-aristotle-of-a-baboon-aristotle-wasn-t/) [Will Cuppy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-cuppy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/451/will-cuppy-7569_baboons_the-chameleon-s-face-reminded-aristotle_1861313.jpg) > [ \[Footnote:\]Each male has from 2 to 790 females with whom he discusses current events. Of these he marries from 3 to 17. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-cuppy/footnote-each-male-has-from-2-to-790-females-with-whom-he-discusses/) [Will Cuppy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-cuppy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40c/will-cuppy-7569_current-events_footnote-each-male-has-from-2-to-790-fem_2677508.jpg) > [Much still remains to be learned about his sex life because the Hummingbird is quicker than the eye.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-cuppy/much-still-remains-to-be-learned-about-his-sex-life-because-the/) [Will Cuppy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-cuppy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81f/will-cuppy-7569_eye_much-still-remains-to-be-learned-about-h_1624213.jpg) > [Three million alligators were killed in Florida between 1880 and 1900. Goody!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-cuppy/three-million-alligators-were-killed-in-florida-between-1880-and-1900/) [Will Cuppy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-cuppy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/450/will-cuppy-7569_alligators_three-million-alligators-were-killed-in_1704733.jpg) > [ \[Footnote:\] The female of any species is generally regarded as a relatively anabolic organism, more passive than the male, who is relatively… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-cuppy/footnote-the-female-of-any-species-is-generally-regarded-as-a/) [Will Cuppy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-cuppy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b43/will-cuppy-7569_active_footnote-the-female-of-any-species-is-ge_381362.jpg) > [ \[Footnote:\] The Dotterel weighs only four ounces. It has long been a scientific riddle how so much wrong-headedness can manage to exist… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-cuppy/footnote-the-dotterel-weighs-only-four-ounces-it-has-long-been-a/) [Will Cuppy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-cuppy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f2b/will-cuppy-7569_footnotes_footnote-the-dotterel-weighs-only-four-o_1659591.jpg) > [Pliny the Elder perished in 79 A.D. when he refused to flee from the great eruption of Mt. Vesuvius, insisting that everything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-cuppy/pliny-the-elder-perished-in-79-a-d-when-he-refused-to-flee-from-the/) [Will Cuppy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-cuppy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/070/will-cuppy-7569_elders_pliny-the-elder-perished-in-79-a-d-when_1008282.jpg) > [Aristotle maintains that the neck of the Lion is composed of a single bone. Aristotle knew nothing at all about Lions, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-cuppy/aristotle-maintains-that-the-neck-of-the-lion-is-composed-of-a-single/) [Will Cuppy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-cuppy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9e/will-cuppy-7569_aristotle_aristotle-maintains-that-the-neck-of-the_3058824.jpg) > [ \[Footnote:\] To give the Beaver his due, he does things because he has to do them, not because he believes that hard… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-cuppy/footnote-to-give-the-beaver-his-due-he-does-things-because-he-has-to/) [Will Cuppy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-cuppy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/698/will-cuppy-7569_beavers_footnote-to-give-the-beaver-his-due-he-d_941758.jpg) > [If you annoy the Hog-nosed Snake enough, he will roll over on his back and play dead. If you turn him right-side…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-cuppy/if-you-annoy-the-hog-nosed-snake-enough-he-will-roll-over-on-his-back/) [Will Cuppy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-cuppy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/002/will-cuppy-7569_annoying_if-you-annoy-the-hog-nosed-snake-enough_2707649.jpg) > [ \[Footnote:\] Pliny the Elder described a Whale called "Balaena or Whirlpool, which is so long and broad as to take up more… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-cuppy/footnote-pliny-the-elder-described-a-whale-called-balaena-or/) [Will Cuppy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-cuppy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c1/will-cuppy-7569_acres_footnote-pliny-the-elder-described-a-wha_84284.jpg) > [The head of a Pike, served at supper, is said to have caused the death from terror of Theodoric the Goth, who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-cuppy/the-head-of-a-pike-served-at-supper-is-said-to-have-caused-the-death/) [Will Cuppy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-cuppy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff5/will-cuppy-7569_death_the-head-of-a-pike-served-at-supper-is-s_2929955.jpg) ## Other authors on Footnotes ## More by Will Cuppy > [“Hatshepsut has been called the first great woman of history. She simply appointed herself King of Egypt and that was all there was to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-cuppy/hatshepsut-has-been-called-the-first-great-woman-of-history-she/) [Will Cuppy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-cuppy/) > [“Intelligence is the capacity to know what we are doing and instinct is just instinct. The results are about the same.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-cuppy/intelligence-is-the-capacity-to-know-what-we-are-doing-and-instinct/) [Will Cuppy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-cuppy/) > [Henry VIII had so many wives because his dynastic sense was very strong whenever he saw a maid of honour.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-cuppy/henry-viii-had-so-many-wives-because-his-dynastic-sense-was-very/) [Will Cuppy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-cuppy/) > [ \[Footnote:\] Pliny the Elder described a Whale called "Balaena or Whirlpool, which is so long and broad as to take up more in length… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-cuppy/footnote-pliny-the-elder-described-a-whale-called-balaena-or/) [Will Cuppy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-cuppy/) > [Frogs will eat red-flannel worms fed to them by biologists; this proves a great deal about both parties concerned.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-cuppy/frogs-will-eat-red-flannel-worms-fed-to-them-by-biologists-this/) [Will Cuppy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-cuppy/) > [Even as a child back in Indiana, whenever I took a Butterbelly off the hook I used to ask myself, "Does this fish think?"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-cuppy/even-as-a-child-back-in-indiana-whenever-i-took-a-butterbelly-off-the/) [Will Cuppy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-cuppy/) > [“Would it not be downright cruel to keep him in semi-captivity in a town or city, where the opportunities for wreaking havoc and destruction…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-cuppy/would-it-not-be-downright-cruel-to-keep-him-in-semi-captivity-in-a/) [Will Cuppy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-cuppy/) > [Alexander III of Macedon is known as Alexander the Great because he killed more people of more different kinds than any other man of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-cuppy/alexander-iii-of-macedon-is-known-as-alexander-the-great-because-he/) [Will Cuppy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-cuppy/) > [“The average sparrow is something of a bore and the trouble is that all sparrows are average.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-cuppy/the-average-sparrow-is-something-of-a-bore-and-the-trouble-is-that/) [Will Cuppy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-cuppy/) > [I don't like to boast, but I have probably skipped more poetry than any other person of my age and weight in this country.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-cuppy/i-don-t-like-to-boast-but-i-have-probably-skipped-more-poetry-than/) [Will Cuppy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-cuppy/) > [“All modern men are descended from wormlike creatures, but it shows more on some people.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-cuppy/all-modern-men-are-descended-from-wormlike-creatures-but-it-shows/) [Will Cuppy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-cuppy/) > [ \[Footnote:\] The female of any species is generally regarded as a relatively anabolic organism, more passive than the male, who is relatively katabolic and… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-cuppy/footnote-the-female-of-any-species-is-generally-regarded-as-a/) [Will Cuppy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-cuppy/) > [ It is because of his brain that \[modern man\] has risen above the animals. Guess which animals he has risen above. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-cuppy/it-is-because-of-his-brain-that-modern-man-has-risen-above-the/) [Will Cuppy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-cuppy/) > [It's easy to see the faults in people I know; it's hardest to see the good. Especially when the good isn't there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-cuppy/it-s-easy-to-see-the-faults-in-people-i-know-it-s-hardest-to-see-the/) [Will Cuppy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-cuppy/) > [I am billed as a humorist, but of course I am a tragedian at heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-cuppy/i-am-billed-as-a-humorist-but-of-course-i-am-a-tragedian-at-heart/) [Will Cuppy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-cuppy/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/footnotes/will-cuppy/#itemlist", "name": "14 Footnotes Quotes By Will Cuppy", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "An Ant on a hot stove-lid runs faster than an Ant on a cold one. 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