Insects Quotes

327 quotes by 261 authors

Never to have seen anything but the temperate zone is to have lived on the fringe of the world. Between the Tropic of Capricorn and… — David Fairchild
In my life outdoors, I've observed that animals of almost any variety will stand in a windy place rather than in a protected, windless area… — Tim Cahill
People who get through life dependent on other people's possessions are always the first to lecture you on how little possessions count. — Ben Elton
I've become a much more serious young insect. — Andrew Denton
I love insects. They are amazing. — Andrea Arnold
Natural selection certainly operates. It explains how bacteria will gain antibiotic resistance; it will explain how insects get insecticide resistance, but it doesn't explain how… — William A. Dembski
If you had an alien race that looked like insects, then they would build robots to look like themselves, not to look like people. — Kevin J. Anderson
Insect politics, indifferent universe. Bang your head against the wall, but apathy is worse. — Don Henley
One of the really remarkably beneficial aspects of genetic engineering is that much of the previous methodology for controlling pests and so forth is through… — Nina Fedoroff
Spray a book with insect spray, drop it in a bag, add some mothballs and seal it. Put it in another bag and seal it.… — Larry Niven
Today I am sure no one needs to be told that the more birds a yard can support, the fewer insects there will be to… — Thalassa Cruso
I have always found thick woods a little intimidating, for they are so secret and enclosed. You may seem alone but you are not, for… — Thalassa Cruso
Winding her arms close around his neck, she closed her eyes. To be embraced, safe in a man's arms when she had never expected it… — Maggie Osborne
The instinct of brutes and insects can be the effect of nothing else than the wisdom and skill of a powerful ever-living agent. — Isaac Newton
When we usually think of fears, in comics or in films, it's most often fears on a relatively superficial level: fear of murderous insects, of… — Boaz Lavie
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, (cont. Specialization is for insects. — Robert A. Heinlein
Plant consciousness, insect consciousness, fish consciousness, all are related by one permanent element, which we may call the religious element inherent in all life, even… — D. H. Lawrence
Many of the earth's habitats, animals, plants, insects and even micro-organisms that we know to be rare may not be known at all by future… — Dalai Lama
Say, will the falcon, stooping from above, Smit with her varying plumage, spare the dove? Admires the jay the insect's gilded wings? Or hears the… — Alexander Pope
Happy insect! what can be In happiness compared to thee? Fed with nourishment divine, The dewy morning's gentle wine! Nature waits upon thee still, And… — Abraham Cowley

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