Age Quote by Ruth Winter

Worms are the intestines of the earth.

— Aristotle

I don't say that bodies like flint, which are commonly called inanimate, have perceptions and appetition; rather they have something of that sort in…

— Gottfried Leibniz

“The bodily experience we have taken in from [other people that our body has internalized as 'imported parts'] will affect our muscles, belly and…

— Bonnie Badenoch

“Some ribbon worms will eat themselves if they can’t find anything else to eat. Amazingly, they can consume up to 95% of their own…

— Jack Goldstein

Earthworms are far more valuable than people.

— Paul Watson

It may not be irrelevant to note that even very modest forms of life, like earthworms, dung beetles and fiddler crabs, have no trouble…

— Edward Goldsmith

“...And you probably have little idea of how delicious - how toothsome - how scrumptious - they are when eaten fresh. Of course, I…

— Philippa Pearce

There's a small worm called Loa Loa Filariasis. This parasite can survive in one environment exclusively- namely, underneath the skin and inside the eyes…

— David Attenborough

Human beings are very parasitic in many ways.

— Regina Cassandra

“The most widely raised type of silkworm, the larva of the 'Bombyx mori', no longer exists anywhere in a natural state. As my encyclopedia…

— Jeffrey Eugenides

The parasite that causes malaria edges through the cells of the stomach wall of the mosquito and forms a cyst which grows and eventually…

— Marston Bates

Worms have played a more important part in the history of the world than humans would at first suppose.

— Charles Darwin