Ant Quotes

149 quotes by 131 authors

May this house stand until an ant drinks the ocean and a tortoise circles the world. — Jonathan Carroll
I really knew I wanted to be Adam, because Adam was the first man. Ant I chose because, if there's a nuclear explosion, the ants… — Adam Ant
No amphibious attack in history has approached this one in size. Along miles of coastline there were hundreds of vessels and small boats afloat and… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
A bit of mould is a pleiad of flowers; a nebula is an ant-hill of stars. — Victor Hugo
It is certain that there may be extraordinary mental activity with an extremely small absolute mass of nervous matter: thus the wonderfully diversified instincts, mental… — Charles Darwin
There is not one single social or economic principle or concept in the philosophy of the Russian Bolshevik which has not been realized, carried into… — Winston Churchill
The time has come to link ecology to economic and human development. When you have seen one ant, one bird, one tree, you have not… — E. O. Wilson
Ants are good citizens; they place group interest first. But they carry it so far, they have few or no political rights. An ant doesn't… — Clarence Day
The diversity of mankind is a basic postulate of our knowledge of human beings. But if mankind is diverse and individuated, then how can anyone… — Murray Rothbard
It's humbling to realise that the developmental gulf between a miniscule ant colony and our modern human civilisation is only a tiny fraction of the… — Michio Kaku
He was in love with life as an ant on a summer blade of grass. — Ben Hecht
I do not see a delegation for the Four Footed. I see no seat for the Eagles. We forget and we consider ourselves superior. But… — Oren Lyons
The mere physical man is like the ant crawling on the paper, who observes black lettering and attributes its production to the pen and nothing… — Al-Ghazali
Turn on the prudent ant thy heedful eyes. Observe her labors, sluggard, and be wise. — Samuel Johnson
What reason, like the careful ant, draws laboriously together, the wind of accident sometimes collects in a moment. — Friedrich Schiller
Every blade of grass, every insect, ant, and golden bee, all so amazingly know their path, though they have not intelligence, they bear witness to… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
How narrow is the vision that exalts the busyness of the ant above the singing of the grasshopper. — Khalil Gibran
Now I know that patience and time can do more than even strength and passion. The years of frustration are ready to be harvested. All… — Og Mandino
The city is a fact in nature, like a cave, a run of mackerel or an ant-heap. But it is also a conscious work of… — Lewis Mumford
An ant has no quarrel with a boot. — Tom Hiddleston

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