Ants Quote by Chinua Achebe

I would not enter in my list of friends, Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm. An inadvertent step may crush the snail That…

— William Cowper

“Every decent man in America ought to swoon with joy for the opportunity to crush with his heel the woolly head of this black…

— Richard Wright

“The man who could not be discourteous to a ground-squirrel had sat in the courthouse abetting the cause of grubby-minded little men.”

— Harper Lee

The sort of man who likes to spend his time watching a cage of monkeys chase one another, or a lion gnaw its tail,…

— H. L. Mencken

If man makes himself a worm he must not complain when he is trodden on.

— Immanuel Kant

Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them.

— Samuel Butler

“He has a reptile dysfunction.”

— Jodi Picoult

“He fell into a solemn silence, which he only eventually broke to say, “I think I’ve become a terrible person. In fact, I’ve become…

— Valeria Luiselli

One who makes himself a worm cannot complain afterwards if people step on him.

— Immanuel Kant

“I saw two lizards kissing yesterday, but I scared them off. Maybe I should have taken off my bird costume before peeping on them.”

— Jarod Kintz

“I’m a rat,’’ Robert said. ‘’I’m not going into a reptile’s mouth.’’ Oh boy. Fine time to develop phobias”

— Ilona Andrews

What a strange creature man is that he fouls his own nest.

— Richard M. Nixon