Insects Quotes

327 quotes by 261 authors

You cannot speak of ocean to a well-frog, the creature of a narrower sphere. You cannot speak of ice to a summer insect, the creature… — Zhuangzi
We hope that, when the insects take over the world, they will remember with gratitude how we took them along on all our picnics. — Bill Vaughan
'Politics' is made up of two words, 'poli,' which is Greek for 'many,' and 'tics,' which are blood-sucking insects. — Gore Vidal
It skims in through the eye, and by means of the utterly delicate retina hurls shadows like insect legs inward for translation. Then an immense… — John Updike
Clouds of insects danced and buzzed in the golden autumn light, and the air was full of the piping of the song-birds. Long, glinting dragonflies… — Arthur Conan Doyle
My grandmother lived in a universe filled with life. It was impossible for her to conceive of any creature - even the smallest insect, let… — Eknath Easwaran
I can say, if I like, that social insects behave like the working parts of an immense central nervous system: the termite colony is an… — Lewis Thomas
From one point of view we can say that we have human bodies and are practicing the Buddha's teachings and are thus much better than… — Dalai Lama
When I was a young boy, I used to gaze through the microscope of my father at the insects in amber that he kept in… — Hendrik Poinar
The purpose of farming is to deprive other species of the land and sequester it for our own use. But by perfecting the art of… — Tristram Stuart
Nature is full of drama. I know nothing about biology, about birds, about insects, about the details of politics. I just make movies about human… — Jacques Perrin
It is no doubt technically possible to study metabolism and respiration of fishes during swimming at a constant rate, and of certain insects and birds… — August Krogh
In a broader sense, the rhythms of nature, large and small - the sounds of wind and water, the sounds of birds and insects -… — George Crumb
I walk the straight lines. I walk through the summer nights. I walk the silver rope of dreams. I walk through dawns of dawns. Theres… — Henry Rollins
Wen a city dat can't protect d virginity of its young ones stood against early marriage and relied upon d frivolous and flimsy xcuse dat… — Abbakhuwa
He watches over the orphans. He watches over the widows. He watches over the blind. He watches over the poor. He watches over the insects.… — Michael Adarkwah
You pick the insects off plants — Unknown Author
If all the insects were to disappear on the earth,within fifty years all life on earth would end, If all human beings were to disappear… — Jonas Salk
Although WE-HUMANS in general and WE-INDIANS in particular can KNOW NAMELESS-FORMLESS-BODYLESS-SELFLESS-UNSELFISH-ETERNAL-GOD or FOREVER-LIVING-BHAGAVAN-PARAMAATMAN;but niither WE KNOW HIM/HER/IT etc,nor DO WE WANT TO KNOW HIM/HER/IT;therefore I… — Rkpatel
Maybe the Light is a great cosmic bug zapper, and we're all insects. — John Alejandro King Aka The Covert Comic (wwwcovertcomiccom)

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