I dreamt four nights ago of clock hands descending from the universe like rain, of the moon as a green eye, of… — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
Suppose that insect wings developed primarily as thermoregulators and then were used for skimming and finally flying, evolving along the way. What… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
And that, my friend, is how the world ends. On the edge of a precipice, with one foot over the edge, it… — Jack Finney Copy Share Image
Perhaps there are somewhere in the infinite universe beings whose minds outrank our minds to the same extent as our minds surpass… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
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
How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, how complicate, how wonderful is man! Distinguished link in being's endless chain! Midway from… — Edward Young Copy Share Image
The firefly is an unassuming insect in the daytime. If you didn't know what it was, you'd think it was nothing special.… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
Nile perch are enormous but lethargic fish, easy to catch once they have taken your bait. Some are bright golden yellow, some… — Kuki Gallmann Copy Share Image
Most of the things at the zoo don't look like us. We're one design that works. Our chimp pals sort of look… — Seth Shostak Copy Share Image
“The steps, also brick, were lined on both sides with potted plants. Grandma grew lemongrass, citronella, and catnip in those pots to… — Rhonda McKnight Copy Share Image
As a thinker and planner the ant is the equal of any savage race of men; as a self-educated specialist in several… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Nothing is easier than to admit in words the truth of the universal struggle for life, or more difficult - at least… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
Planting native species in our gardens and communities is increasingly important, because indigenous insects, birds and wildlife rely on them. Over thousands,… — David Suzuki Copy Share Image
Is it reasonable to suppose that we can apply a broad-spectrum insecticide to kill the burrowing larval stages of a crop-destroying insect… — Rachel Carson Copy Share Image
What is more obscene: the idea that one can apologize for the hubris and deceit that is Obama and his health care,… — Ilana Mercer Copy Share Image
Everything is determined, the beginning as well as the end, by forces over which we have no control. It is determined for… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
war with poison and chemicals was not so rare in the ancient world ... An astounding panoply of toxic substances, venomous creatures,… — Adrienne Mayor Copy Share Image
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building,… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
The sky was of the deepest blue, with a few white, fleecy clouds drifting lazily across it, and the air was filled… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
Like all mothers, mother nature is delighted to keep in touch with you when you're appearing in hit tv shows like BJ… — Greg Evigan Copy Share Image
The 'control of nature' is a phrase conceived in arrogance, . . . when it was supposed that nature exists for the… — Rachel Carson Copy Share Image
As I stand over the insect crawling amid the pine needles on the forest floor, and endeavoring to conceal itself from my… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
It is interesting to contemplate an entangled bank clothed with many plants of many kinds with birds singing on the bushes, with… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
“Apprehend God in all things, for God is in all things. Every single creature is full of God and a book about… — Meister Eckhart Copy Share Image
About midnight the fog shut down again denser than before. One could almost "stand on it." It continued so for a number… — Joshua Slocum Copy Share Image
In the future, I mean to be a fine streamside entomologist. I'm going to start on that when I am much too… — Thomas McGuane Copy Share Image
I personally feel that parachute files give a more realistic impression of an insect to the fish that views the fly, since… — Lefty Kreh Copy Share Image
Perceive ye not that we are worms, designed To form the angelic butterfly, that goes To judgment, leaving all defence behind? Why… — Dante Alighieri Copy Share Image
“No, certainly not. There I should find people who would try to force me to understand things of which I would prefer… — Alexander Dumas Copy Share Image
I do not doubt but the majest and beauty of the world are latent in any iota of the world; I do… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
My father always taught by telling stories about his experiences. His lessons were about morality and art and what insects and birds… — Walter Mosley Copy Share Image
How can you buy or sell the sky, the warmth of the land? The idea is strange to us. If we do… — Chief Seattle Copy Share Image
Clouds of insects danced and buzzed in the golden autumn light, and the air was full of the piping of the song-birds.… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
Nothing is more humbling than to look with a strong magnifying glass at an insect so tiny that the naked eye sees… — Rudolf Arnheim Copy Share Image
That nothing is static or fixed, that all is fleeting and impermanent, is the first mark of existence. It is the ordinary… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
