Insects Quotes

327 quotes by 261 authors

If all mankind were to disappear, the world would regenerate back to the rich state of equilibrium that existed ten thousand years ago. If insects… — E. O. Wilson
Ants make up two-thirds of the biomass of all the insects. There are millions of species of organisms and we know almost nothing about them. — E. O. Wilson
If we were to wipe out insects alone on this planet, the rest of life and humanity with it would mostly disappear from the land.… — E. O. Wilson
Ants are the dominant insects of the world, and they've had a great impact on habitats almost all over the land surface of the world… — E. O. Wilson
Well, let me tell you, ants are the dominant insects. They make up as much as a quarter of the biomass of all insects in… — E. O. Wilson
Can't stand all these poisonous creatures, all these snakes and insects and fish and things. Wretched things, biting everybody. And then people expect me to… — Douglas Adams
Perceive ye not that we are worms, designed To form the angelic butterfly, that goes To judgment, leaving all defence behind? Why doth your mind… — Dante Alighieri
As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect. — Franz Kafka
My book should smell of pines and resound with the hum of insects. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet,… — Robert A. Heinlein
...people who believe in God think God has put human beings on earth because they think human beings are the best animal, but human beings… — Mark Haddon
Winter garden, the moon thinned to a thread, insects singing. — Matsuo Basho
Hip," I murmur, remembering last night, how I lost it completely in a stall at Nell's---my mouth foaming, all I could think about were insects,… — Bret Easton Ellis
There are no insect eggs in my food.â€ Mrs. White reiterated. You should use that in your advertising,â€ Nate suggested. — Brandon Mull
It is not true that the English invented cricket as a way of making all other human endeavors look interesting and lively; that was merely… — Bill Bryson
Grass is hard and lumpy and damp, and full of dreadful black insects. — Oscar Wilde
Don't weep, insects -- Lovers, stars themselves, Must part. — Kobayashi Issa
Hana: What on Earth is a 'barbeque'? Hel: A primitive tribal ritual featuring paper plates, elbows, flying insects, encrusted meat, hush puppies, and beer. Hana:… — Trevanian
To be a mass tourist, for me,...is, in lines and gridlock and transaction after transaction, to confront a dimension of yourself that is as inescapable… — David Foster Wallace
A tree may look as beautiful as ever; but when you notice the insects infesting it, and the tips of the branches that are brown… — Arthur Golden

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