Insects Quotes

327 quotes by 262 authors

An insect is more complex than a star..and is a far greater challenge to understand. — Martin Rees
If you want to study one of these strange organisms, you had better have a good justification. It's not good to study gene organisation in… — Thomas Cech
Basically Ken is a very gentle, home-loving person. I remember when one of his stick insects had a knee infection. He stayed up all night… — Dave Barry
Lyric night of the lingering Indian Summer, Shadowy fields that are scentless but full of singing, Never a bird, but the passionless chant of insects,… — Sara Teasdale
Summer is a prodigal of joy. The grass Swarms with delighted insects as I pass, And crowds of grasshoppers at every stride Jump out all… — John Clare
I'm not afraid of insects taking over the world, and you know why? It would take about a billion ants just to AIM a gun… — Jack Handey
When April winds Grew soft, the maple burst into a flush Of scarlet flowers. The tulip tree, high up, Opened in airs of June her… — William C. Bryant
Since the age of six, I have had a passion for drawing things. Now that I am 75 years, I have finally learned something of… — Hokusai
Insects are my secret fear. That's what terrifies me more than anything - insects. — Michael O'Donoghue
It began as this desire to do this science fiction movie about perhaps one of the last insects left that nobody's done anything on, which… — Michael O'Donoghue
Even today, when an Aboriginal mother notices the first stirrings of speech in her child, she lets it handle the things of that particular country:… — Bruce Chatwin
The traveler fancies he has seen the country. So he has, the outside of it at least; but the angler only sees the inside. The… — Charles Kingsley
In Alaska, the beaches are slumping so much, people are having to move houses. In Tuktoyaktuk, the land is starting to go under water. The… — Sheila Watt-Cloutier
So, that was Nature's way. The mosquito felt pain and panic but the dragonfly knew nothing of cruelty. Humans would call it evil, the big… — John Marsden
What a tourist terms a plague of insects, the fly fisher calls a great hatch. — Patrick F. McManus
Bring awareness to the many subtle sounds of nature - The rustling of leaves in the wind, Raindrops falling, The humming of an insect, The… — Eckhart Tolle
I have drawn things since I was 6. All that I made before the age of 65 is not worth counting. At 73 I began… — Hokusai
To survive, our minds must taste redwood, and agate, octopi, bat, and in the bat's mouth, insect. It's hard to think like a planet, but… — James Bertolino
The only clear thing is that we humans are the only species with the power to destroy the earth as we know it. The birds… — Dalai Lama
I was always fascinated by the infinite, strange and 'scandalous' ways that insects copulate. — Isabella Rossellini

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