Quotes & Sayings About Importance Of Insects

I well remember a leading Egyptian liberal saying to me in 2003 that she did not favor free elections right then in Egypt; she favored them in a decade's time if she and others had those 10 years to organize freely. — Elliott Abrams

If I were a piano player, I'd play it in the goddam closet. — J.D. Salinger

Yes, this is Mango himself. Listen I'm terribly busy and don't have time for a phone interview right now. — Chris Kattan

You understand there's no such thing as a little death prophecy, right? - Sam — Rick Riordan

There is no neutrality. There is only greater or lesser awareness of one's bias. — Phyllis Rose

Your big opportunity may be right where you are now. — Napoleon Hill

The mistake the apartheid government made was they gave the black people nothing, so they had nothing to lose. But now a lot of the former freedom-fighters are big-time capitalists. They've been given directorships in every major company. They're billionaires! — Wilbur Smith

I now see that is a woman's God-given role to tend to the home and take care of the children: it's just that the entire planet is our home, and every child on it is one of our children. — Marianne Williamson

What strikes me most forcibly in the ants and beetles and other worthy insects is their astounding seriousness. They run to and fro with such a solemn air, as though their life were something of such importance! A man the lord of creation the highest being, stares at them, if you please, and they pay no attention to him. Why, a gnat will even settle on the lord of creation's nose, and make use of him for food. It's most offensive. And, on the other hand, how is their life inferior to ours? And why shouldn't they take themselves seriously, if we are to be allowed to take ourselves seriously? — Ivan Turgenev

If you want to achieve widespread impact and lasting value, be bold. — Howard Schultz

Hurt me once, shame on you; hurt me twice, shame on me. — Rachel Simmons