Prey Quotes

328 Prey quotes by 273 unique authors

Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay. — Oliver Goldsmith
I know no study which is so unutterably saddening as that of the evolution of humanity, as it is set forth in the annals of… — Thomas Huxley
I, and others like me - trap stars - we always considered ourselves Robin Hoods: we go out and get the money. Just think, if… — Young Jeezy
Many people who no longer go to church end up falling prey to superstition. — Umberto Eco
Our retinas and brains have been wired by a hundred million years of evolution to find outlines in a visually complex landscape. This helps us… — Seth Shostak
The shark is the apex predator in the sea. Sharks have molded evolution for 450 million years. All fish species that are prey to the… — Paul Watson
Kids are different from adults. They are not as developed as far as brain science, controlling impulses, and maturity, and fall prey to all kinds… — Greg Boyle
Not all eagles can be trained, but those who take to life with a master display intense loyalty. Although they are not tethered, they always… — Stephen Kinzer
Eagles rarely fail to catch their prey. They usually kill it quickly by breaking its neck with their powerful claws. — Stephen Kinzer
Remove the predators, and the whole ecosystem begins to crash like a house of cards. As the sharks disappear, the predator-prey balance dramatically shifts, and… — Brian Skerry
The varying modes of flight exhibited by our diurnal birds of prey have always been to me a subject of great interest, especially as by… — John James Audubon
There is no Constitutional right to prey on others. The Internet is just a piece of technology, like the telephone. Society has the right to… — Andrew Vachss
I will never fall prey to celebrity because I am too busy. I have other things to do than look at myself in the mirror. — Philippe Petit
They politics like ours profess, the greater prey upon the less. — Matthew Green
I never found either this or the Northern Shrike return to such prey for food. I have seen them alight on the same thorn bush… — John Bachman
When looking at the evidence of feeding on large prey, you can see every size tooth from hatchling to adult in one spot. The babies… — Robert T. Bakker
It is the common fate of the indolent to see their rights become a prey to the active. — John Philpot Curran
Criminals usually prey on weakness. They can smell it. — Steven Seagal
I know how tough it is to stand up to powerful forces that prey on consumers. — Kathleen Sebelius
These office-seekers are a curse to the country; no sooner was my election certain, than I became the prey of hundreds of hungry persistent applicants… — Abraham Lincoln

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