76 Quote by Richard Adams Download Open image ““beetle-spirited vaporing”” — Richard Adams ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare 76
“My Manager forced me to put my beetle in my own ear, a clear waste and an act that gave me nightmares: of a… — Jeff VanderMeer Copy Share Image
Read enough about the dung beetle, and a picture of its character emerges: patient, optimistic, uncomplaining. — Elif Batuman Copy Share Image
The Creator, if He exists, has a special preference for beetles. — John B. S. Haldane Copy Share Image
“Now i did think, The smoke will drive the bugs away. And, to some degree,it did. I'd be lying, though, if I claimed I… — John Green Copy Share Image
The frustration of being ordered around by somebody to do something - everyone can relate to that. I think Beetle represents that - the… — Mort Walker Copy Share Image
“Think of yourselves as dung beetles. Yes! Dung beetles lug their balls of dung around… We all have our own ball of dung to… — Ingrid Chabbert Copy Share Image
A beetle may or may not be inferior to a man — the matter awaits demonstration; but if he were inferior by ten thousand… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
He had the look of one who had drunk the cup of life and found a dead beetle at the bottom. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Inebriate of Air — am I — And Debauchee of Dew — Reeling — thro endless summer days — From Inns of Molten Blue —” — Emily Dickinson Copy Share Image
Men will never rest till they've spoiled the earth and destroyed the animals. — Richard Adams Copy Share Image
“Like children in a dark room, like wayfarers passing a graveyard at night, the four men in the canoe filled the surrounding darkness with… — Richard Adams Copy Share Image
“There's terrible evil in the world." It comes from men," said Holly. "All other elil do what they have to do and Frith moves… — Richard Adams Copy Share Image
“But I have learned that with creatures one loves, suffering is not the only thing for which one may pity them. A rabbit who… — Richard Adams Copy Share Image
People who record birdsong generally do it very early-before six o'clock-if they can. Soon after that, the invasion of distant noise in most woodland… — Richard Adams Copy Share Image
“Then El-ahrairah knew that Frith was too clever for him and he was frightened. He thought that the fox and the weasel were coming… — Richard Adams Copy Share Image
“Most of them had not understood Blackberry's discovery of the raft and at once forgot it.” — Richard Adams Copy Share Image
“My lord,' replied El-ahrairah, 'I have come to give you my life. My life for my people.' The Black Rabbit drew his claws along… — Richard Adams Copy Share Image
“Hazel, like nearly all wild animals, was unaccustomed to look up at the sky. What he thought of as the sky was the horizon,… — Richard Adams Copy Share Image
Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed. — Richard Adams Copy Share Image
“Cathy's lies were never innocent. Their purpose was to escape punishment, or work, or responsibility, and they were used for profit. Most liars are… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
