Worm Quotes

237 quotes by 200 authors

We're all worm bait waiting to happen. It's what you do while you wait that matters. — Kinky Friedman
Centuries have not worm-eaten the solidity of this ancient furniture of the mind. — Isaac D'Israeli
Man is certainly the most disgusting kind of worm that has ever crawled on this stupid ugly planet. — William C. Brown
Forgotten rimes, and college themes, Worm-eaten plans, and embryo schemes; A mass of heterogeneous matter. A chaos dark, nor land nor water. — Anna Letitia Barbauld
And striving to be Man, the worm Mounts through all the spires of form. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
But can they [great works] get rid of the worm that lies gnawing at the roots of my heart? No, never. — Edvard Munch
Stop shallow water from running, it will rage; tread on a worm and it will turn. — Robert Greene
It is the custom of Venice to paint on canvas, either because it does not split and is not worm-eaten, or because pictures can be… — Giorgio Vasari
Drab Habitation of Whom? Tabernacle or Tomb - or Dome of Worm - or Porch of Gnome - or some Elf's Catacomb? — Emily Dickinson
Isn't it nice to know that you can put a worm on your hook and get a fish all charged up? — Laura Schlessinger
After carrying and collecting like the ant, Enjoy-before the grave worm devours thee. — Bill Vaughan
Soul's Castle fell at one blast of temptation, But many a worm had pierced the foundation. — William Allingham
While the angels, all pallid and wan, Uprising, unveiling, affirm That the play is the tragedy, "Man", And its hero the Conqueror Worm. — Rita Mae Brown
I feel like I just grabbed a big juicy worm with a right sharp hook in the middle of it. — Lyndon B. Johnson
If man makes himself a worm he must not complain when he is trodden on. — Immanuel Kant
To strip a man of all loyalties but those to the state, makes him not only a worm but a monster, without a shred of… — Haniel Long
Great indebtedness does not make men grateful, but vengeful; and if a little charity is not forgotten, it turns into a gnawing worm. — Friedrich Nietzsche
The early bird may get the worm, but its the second mouse that gets the cheese. — Jeremy Paxman
In software systems it is often the early bird that makes the worm. — Alan Perlis
I think we consider too much the good luck of the early bird and not enough the bad luck of the early worm. — Franklin D. Roosevelt

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