Quotes tagged ‘Ants’

“The behavior of termites, together with ants and bees, is a precursor to trust because they have an extraordinary ability to form relationships and sophisticated social structures based on mutual altruism even though individually they are fundamentally dumb. Money itself is a derivative of trust. If…”

— Jeffrey Epstein, nymag.com

“[out of his car during a traffic jam, yelling at other motorists] Ants! Why don't we all line up like a goddamned bunch of ants! Its the most beautiful part of the day!”

— Carole Eastman, Bob Rafelson, Robert Eroica Dupea, Jack Nicholson, imdb.com

“What is this? A center for ants? How can we be expected to teach children to learn how to read... if they can't even fit inside the building?”

— Drake Sather, Ben Stiller, Derek Zoolander, Ben Stiller, imdb.com

“[a training montage where Scott learns about his new six-legged friends] Hope: Paratrechina longicornis, commonly known as crazy ants. They're lightning-fast and can conduct electricity, which makes them useful to fry out enemy electronics. Scott: Aww, you're not so crazy. You're cute. Hope: Parapon…”

— Joe Cornish, Adam McKay, Edgar Wright, Paul Rudd, Hope van Dyne, Evangeline Lilly, imdb.com

“Dexter: Ants are... Dee Dee: Icky! Dexter: To be respected.”

— Genndy Tartakovsky, Jason Butler Rote, Dexter, Christine Cavanaugh, imdb.com

“Beavers build houses; but they build them in nowise differently, or better now, than they did, five thousand years ago. Ants, and honey-bees, provide food for winter; but just in the same way they did, when Solomon referred the sluggard to them as patterns of prudence. Man is not the only animal who…”

— Abraham Lincoln, rogerjnorton.com

“There is no need for ants to have the ability to fly.”

— Karl Pilkington, amazon.com

“And ant asked a spider, "how did you get so good at building webs?" and the spider replied... "to be honest, I'm just pulling this out of my ass."”

— graciecantread, reddit.com

“Ants can wear out a rock”

— Tamil Proverb, en.wikiquote.org