Some people are like ants. Give them a warm day and a piece of ground and they start digging. There the similarity… — Hal Borland Copy Share Image
... a country encapsulates our childhood and those lanes, byres, fields, flowers, insects, suns, moons and stars are forever reoccurring. — Edna O'Brien Copy Share Image
So great is the economy of nature, that most flowers which are fertilised by crepuscular or nocturnal insects emit their odour chiefly… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
We know of no behavior in ants or any other social insects that can be construed as play. — Bert Holldobler Copy Share Image
At seventy-three I learned a little about the real structure of animals, plants, birds, fishes and insects. Consequently when I am eighty… — Hokusai Copy Share Image
“This time of year, the purple blooms were busy with life- not just the bees, but butterflies and ladybugs, skippers and emerald-toned… — Susan Wiggs Copy Share Image
So, that was Nature's way. The mosquito felt pain and panic but the dragonfly knew nothing of cruelty. Humans would call it… — John Marsden Copy Share Image
It is still an open question as to whether mankind or insects shall ultimately inherit the earth. It is my opinion that… — Henry F. Ashurst Copy Share Image
Insect politics, indifferent universe. Bang your head against the wall, but apathy is worse. — Don Henley Copy Share Image
Many of us didn't believe in the image of bin Laden as a wandering Old Man of the Mountains, living on plants… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
The beauteous dragonfly's dancing By the waves of the rivulet glancing; She dances here and she dances there, The glimmering, glittering flutterer… — Heinrich Heine Copy Share Image
Bird taxonomy is a difficult field because of the severe anatomical constraints imposed by flight. There are only so many ways to… — Jared Diamond Copy Share Image
I grew up watching 'Star Trek.' I love 'Star Trek.' 'Star Trek' made me want to see alien creatures, creatures from a… — Michael Dickinson Copy Share Image
I love all animals. I have a fascination with fish, birds, whales - sentient life - insects, reptiles. — Nicolas Cage Copy Share Image
Heaven above was blue, and earth beneath was green; the river glistened like a path of diamonds in the sun; the birds… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
Nowhere in space will we rest our eyes upon the familiar shapes of trees and plants, or any of the animals that… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
When the planes still swoop down and aerial spray a field in order to kill a predator insect with pesticides, we are… — Paul Hawken Copy Share Image
[Insects] are not only cold-blooded, and green- and yellow-blooded, but are also cased in a clacking horn. They have rigid eyes and… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
“Go on, eat one," he urged. "I'm not sure …" I hesitated, not out of revulsion—these little dead creatures just looked out… — Stephen Jack Copy Share Image
In gardens it's not just plants and insects and microbes that grow. People grow too, and the best bit is that they… — Costa Georgiadis Copy Share Image
We ought never to sport with pain and distress in any of our amusements, or treat even the meanest insect with wanton… — Hugh Blair Copy Share Image
A big business man was telling Henry Ford about a coach driver of super-expertness with his whip. The driver was telling how… — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image