Worms Quotes

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It is the timber of poetry that wears most surely, and there is no timber that has not strong roots among the clay and worms. — John Millington Synge
Prostration is our natural position. A worm-like movement from a spot of sunlight to a spot of shade, and back, is the type of movement… — Wyndham Lewis
What kind of person would have a real craving for gummy worms? — Steve Carell
I was in three academic clubs, a huge book worm and the teacher's pet. I was kind of an easy target for bullies. — Nicole Anderson
In Nature there is no dirt, everything is in the right condition; the swamp and the worm, as well as the grass and the bird,-all… — Berthold Auerbach
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
What better way to learn about life in the ocean--and how we are changing it--than through stories of blind zombie worms, immortal jellyfish, and unicorns… — Enric Sala
The cell was the first invention of the animal kingdom, and all higher animals are and must be cellular in structure. Our tissues were formed… — John M. Tyler
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
APOTHECARY, n. The physician's accomplice, undertaker's benefactor and grave worm's provider — Ambrose Bierce
BODY-SNATCHER, n. A robber of grave-worms. One who supplies the young physicians with that with which the old physicians have supplied the undertaker. — Ambrose Bierce
And striving to be Man, the worm Mounts through all the spires of form. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Great collections of books are subject to certain accidents besides the damp, the worms, and the rats; one not less common is that of the… — Isaac D'Israeli
No longer mourn for me when I am dead Than you shall hear the surly sullen bell Give warning to the world that I am… — William Shakespeare
In prayer we call ourselves 'worms of the dust', but it is only on a sort of tacit understanding that the remark shall not be… — Mark Twain
But can they [great works] get rid of the worm that lies gnawing at the roots of my heart? No, never. — Edvard Munch
Poor worms, they hiss at me, whilst I at home Can be contented to applaud myself, . . . with joy To see how plump… — Ben Jonson
Pretty! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, of straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms! The things, we know, are neither rich nor… — Alexander Pope

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