Ants Quote by Arundhati Roy

I discovered that if one looks a little closer at this beautiful world, there are always red ants underneath.

— David Lynch

My childhood was elegant homes, tree lined streets, the milkman, building backyard forts, droning airplanes, blue skies, picket fences, green grass, cherry trees. Middle…

— David Lynch

“Abel Muranda fought off furious red ants with mandibles that could cut through a miser's padlock.”

— Taona Dumisani Chiveneko

“Lies are like ants; there's never just one.”

— Julia Ash

When someone criticizes or disagrees with you, a small ant of hatred and antagonism is born in your heart. If you do not squash…

— Rumi

Albert and I would spend hours and hours looking at them. Cleo had this big magnifying glass on his desk, and we'd find centipedes…

— Fannie Flagg

Oh, ants, my sisters, good old honeydew-seekers! From close up you are sticky and shiny and gristly; and your nymphs have parasitic red mites…

— William T. Vollmann

We know of no behavior in ants or any other social insects that can be construed as play.

— Bert Holldobler

“THE FIGHTERS ARE TINY. INSECTS, REALLY. BUT ANTS CAN SLAY AN ELEPHANT, IF THERE ARE ENOUGH OF THEM. ESPECIALLY ANTS ARMED WITH HIGH-YIELD EXPLOSIVES…

— Amie Kaufman

There's a good case to be made that having fun is a key evolutionary advantage right next to opposable thumbs in terms of importance.…

— Raph Koster

“Some people are ants by nature; they have to work, even when it’s useless. Few people have a talent for constructive laziness.”

— Robert A. Heinlein

People are like ants: Just a few of them give all the orders. And most of them spend their lives getting squashed.

— Lauren Oliver