Pests Quotes

40 quotes by 38 authors

Despite a tenfold increase in the use of pesticides between 1947 and 1974 (in the US), crop losses due to pests have...remained at an estimated… — Frances Moore LappÃ©
You are a pest, by the very nature of that camera in your hand. — Anne, Princess Royal
New molecular methods that add or modify genes can protect plants from diseases and pests and improve crops in ways that are both more environmentally… — Nina Fedoroff
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
We are, heart and soul, friends to the freedom of the press...It is a precious pest, and a necessary mischief, and there would be no… — Fisher Ames
I understand and sympathize with the reasonable needs of a reasonable number of people on a finite continent. All life depends upon other life. But… — Edward Abbey
My dad taught me from my youngest childhood memories through these connections with Aboriginal and tribal people that you must always protect people's sacred status,… — Steve Irwin
Herein lies our problem. If we level that much land to grow rice and whatever, then no other animal could live there except for some… — Steve Irwin
Humans have a fraught relationship with beasts. They are our companions and our chattel, our family members and our laborers, our household pets and our… — Jeffrey Kluger
Recently, I have come to assume that any call to my landline is from a telemarketer or an automated call from Terminex, letting me know… — Susan Orlean
Nobody gets out of love alive. You turn into a menace or a pest when you've been rejected. — Helen Fisher
And when Hugh would grow progressively Gandhi on me, I'd remind him that these were pests---disease carriers who feasted upon the dead and then came… — David Sedaris
It was strange, how easily and quickly protection could cause destruction. Sometimes, Vasher wondered if the two weren't really the same thing. Protect a flower,… — Brandon Sanderson
I am not a pest," Ramona Quimby told her big sister Beezus. — Beverly Cleary
Don't knock the power of a pest," Leif said. "Persistance and stubborness can be useful in many situations. — Maria V. Snyder
Cyber Leader: Daleks, be warned. You have declared war upon the Cybermen. Dalek Sec: This is not war - this is pest control! Cyber Leader:… — Russell T Davies
The broken pieces are breaking more everyday. I need a pesticide to stop this feelings like pests before they destroy my heart completely. — Atif Streros
Love is like a crops. That you care and love, but there are still pests that will destroy it. — Innah Delos Angeles
The only problems are the pests. You see, most places have mice or mosquitoes. We have...dragons. — Hiccup
As an integral part of the Department of Agriculture, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service monitors our Nation's agriculture to protect against agricultural pests… — Mike Rogers

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