“ Sometimes men come by the name of genius in the same way that certain insects come by the name of centipede - not because they have a hundred feet, but because most people can't count above fourteen. ”
- G. C. Lichtenberg- Copy
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“ And what's romance? Usually, a nice little tale where you have everything as you like it, where rain never wets your jacket and gnats never bite your nose and it's always daisy-time. ”
- D. H. Lawrence- Copy
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“ We are closer to the ants than to the butterflies. Very few people can endure much leisure. ”
- Gerald Brenan- Copy
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“ The right of a nation to kill a tyrant in case of necessity can no more be doubted than to hang a robber, or kill a flea. ”
- John Adams- Copy
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“ Religion was nearly dead because there was no longer real belief in future life; but something was struggling to take its place — social service — the ants creed, the bees creed. ”
- John Galsworthy- Copy
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“ When the insects take over the world we hope they will remember, with gratitude, how we took them along on all our picnics. ”
- Bill Vaughan- Copy
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“ To revisit the spitfire worldof the duel, you put on a suitof white body armour, a helmetlike an insect's composite eyeand step out like a space walkerunder haloed lights, trailing a cord. ”
- Les Murray- Copy
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“ How Nature delights and amuses us by varying even the character of insects: the ill-nature of the wasp, the sluggishness of the drone, the volatility of the butterfly, the slyness of the bug. ”
- Sydney Smith- Copy
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“ It is not enough to be industrious; so are the ants. What are you industrious about? ”
- Henry David Thoreau- Copy
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“ When I go to a country, I go to flea markets, antique stores. I am always looking for something. ”
- Ursula Andress- Copy
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“ You may as well say, that 's a valiant flea that dare eat his breakfast on the lip of a lion. - King Henry V. Act iii. Sc. 7. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
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“ When I was a kidI liked burning ants with a magnifying glass.but I think that progressed into adulthood where I now believe in aliens. ”
- Lee Ryan- Copy
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“ It is not enough to be good. You must be good for something. You must contribute good to the world. The world must be a better place for your presence. And the good that is in you must be spread to others. In this world so filled with problems, so constantly threatened by dark and evil challenges, you can and must rise above mediocrity, above indifference… ”
- Gordon B. Hinckley- Copy
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“ The Ant and the Grasshopper In a field one summer's day a Grasshopper was hopping about, chirping and singing to its heart's content. An Ant passed by, bearing along with great toil an ear of corn he was taking to the nest. Why not come and chat with me, said the Grasshopper, instead of toiling and moiling in that way? I am helping to lay up food for the winter, said the Ant, and recommend you to do the same… ”
- Aesop- Copy
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“ The Ass and the Grasshopper An Ass having heard some Grasshoppers chirping, was highly enchanted; and, desiring to possess the same charms of melody, demanded what sort of food they lived on to give them such beautiful voices. They replied, The dew. The Ass resolved that he would live only upon dew, and in a short time died of hunger. ”
- Aesop- Copy
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“ Back then, my idol was Bugs Bunny, because I saw a cartoon of him playing ball - you know, the one where he plays every position himself with nobody else on the field but him? Now that I think of it, Bugs is still my idol. You have to love a ballplayer like that. ”
- Nomar Garciaparra- Copy
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“ The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and the lightning bug. ”
- Mark Twain- Copy
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“ There are no significant bugs in our released software that any significant number of users want fixed. ”
- Bill Gates- Copy
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“ I learned the power of radio watching Eleanor Roosevelt do her show. I used to go up to Hyde Park and hold her papers. I was just a messenger, but it planted the bug of radio in me. ”
- Allen Funt- Copy
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“ From then on, when anything went wrong with a computer, we said it had bugs in it. ”
- Grace Murray Hopper- Copy
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