Although Quote by Michael Dickinson Download Open image “Although their maneuverability is limited, blind flies can fly remarkably well.” — Michael Dickinson ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.2 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Although Blind Flies Fly Limited Remarkably Well
The best thing about bugs is their lack of self consciousness, also the ability to fly doesn't hurt. — Dov Davidoff Copy Share Image
Flies are so mighty that they win battles, paralyse our minds, eat up our bodies. — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
Only flies have true halteres. In fact, the scientific term for flies, 'diptera,' means 'two wings.' Most insects, including bees, have two pairs of… — Michael Dickinson Copy Share Image
It is difficult, but intriguing, to imagine seeing the world as a fly might. First, flies don't have nearly the same visual resolution that… — Michael Dickinson Copy Share Image
You couldn't hurt a fly." Actually I was pretty good at pinging flies right out of the air, but I tried to look appropriately… — Josh Lanyon Copy Share Image
“Flies are of course always irksome, but the Australian variety distinguishes itself with its very particular persistence. If an Australian fly wants to be… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
To me it's still a greater miracle when a fly flies than when a human being undertakes to do so. — Karl Kraus Copy Share Image
A fly is a very light burden; but if it were perpetually to return and settle on one's nose, it might weary us of… — Fredrika Bremer Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, there are so many people who live their whole life in a place that is safe and protected and simple and they don't… — Andrew Shue Copy Share Image
Fly flight is just a great phenomenon to study. It has everything - from the most sophisticated sensory biology; really, really interesting physics; really… — Michael Dickinson Copy Share Image
I grew up watching 'Star Trek.' I love 'Star Trek.' 'Star Trek' made me want to see alien creatures, creatures from a far-distant world.… — Michael Dickinson Copy Share Image
One of the fastest things a fruit fly does is take information from its eyes and react accordingly. — Michael Dickinson Copy Share Image
Like many insects, flies are most sensitive to green light. This means that they would see their world as 'black and white,' in that… — Michael Dickinson Copy Share Image
We discovered that fruit flies alter course in less than one one-hundredth of a second, 50 times faster than we blink our eyes, which… — Michael Dickinson Copy Share Image
For many years in my laboratory and other laboratories around the world, we've been studying fly behaviors in little flight simulators. You can tether… — Michael Dickinson Copy Share Image
Only flies have true halteres. In fact, the scientific term for flies, 'diptera,' means 'two wings.' Most insects, including bees, have two pairs of… — Michael Dickinson Copy Share Image
The robotic fly that we actually make the most use of in our laboratory is actually not a small thing, it's a giant thing.… — Michael Dickinson Copy Share Image
When you see a fly flitting around your hair or your potato salad, you might see an annoyance. But in my lab, you really… — Michael Dickinson Copy Share Image
If flies are a great model, they're a great model for flies. These animals, you know, they're not like us. We don't fly. We… — Michael Dickinson Copy Share Image
Although finding fruit flies in your wine or beer can be a bit annoying, I hope people will pause to admire the tenacity of… — Michael Dickinson Copy Share Image
If you watch a fly on, say, a coffee table, you'll see that they're rubbing their little legs together to groom themselves; they're actually… — Michael Dickinson Copy Share Image
Everything I write is highly personal, but put in such a way that it's not dropping everything in someone's lap. Although sometimes I think… — Jane Siberry Copy Share Image
In France they spend six months training policemen, then they give them a gun and put them on the streets, and I don't know… — Mathieu Kassovitz Copy Share Image
There are some things that I like, like education, wine, and I'd like to be a good cook, although I'm a pretty good eater… — Rick Wagoner Copy Share Image
When Apple introduced its game-changing iPhone in 2007, Nokia was caught sleeping on the job. Although it had actually developed an iPhone-style device -… — Noreena Hertz Copy Share Image
You can't do every movie - although I do a lot of them - and the thing I'm longing to do is... it's not… — Lance Henriksen Copy Share Image
Although I'm perceived as very optimistic and upbeat, it comes out of being the opposite of that - feeling isolated or lonely, looking for… — Jane McGonigal Copy Share Image
I was born in Jackson, Mississippi, in 1969, in a time and place where no one was saying, 'Look how far we've come,' because… — Kathryn Stockett Copy Share Image
Although we might settle for less, Heavenly Father won't, for he sees us as the glorious beings we are capable of becoming. — Joseph B. Wirthlin Copy Share Image
Although it is still important to develop an HIV vaccine, we have significant tools already at our disposal that can make a major impact… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
All trembling, I reached the Falls of Niagara, and oh, what a scene! My blood shudders still, although I am not a coward, at… — John James Audubon Copy Share Image
I love the little garden in the back of my family's brownstone in Brooklyn. Digging out there in the dirt is a joy for… — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
I knew from very early on that I wanted kids. I wasn't one of those women who goes, 'Well, if it happens, it happens.'… — Julianne Moore Copy Share Image
