Quotes About Good Insects

#1. Is it reasonable to suppose that we can apply a broad-spectrum insecticide to kill the burrowing larval stages of a crop-destroying insect ... without also killing the 'good' insects whose function may be the essential one of breaking down organic matter and maintaining healthy soil?

Rachel Carson

#2. Every man has the basis of good. Not only human beings, you can find it among animals and insects, for instance, when we treat a dog or horse lovingly.

Dalai Lama

#3. Maybe "Bible Belt" refers not so much to the popularity of the Good Book in these parts, but to the biblical-plague level of insects.

Paul Jury

#4. Insects have their own point of view about civilization a man thinks he amounts to a great deal but to a flea or a mosquito a human being is merely something good to eat.

Don Marquis

#5. I've seen you burn trained vampires to a crisp and swat supernatural beings away with your wings as if they were insects bothering you, and my driving is terrifying?"
"Well it's not good.

Katie Reus

#6. We've got a good inspection system in Arizona managing products that come from other parts of the county that could carry insects that could become problematic.

Carl E. Olson

#7. Primates need good nutrition, to begin with. Not only fruits and plants, but insects as well.

Richard Leakey

#8. One cannot overestimate the power of a good rancorous hatred on the part of the stupid. The stupid have so much more industry and energy to expend on hating. They build it up like coral insects.

Sylvia Townsend Warner

#9. There are two things that I know for certain guys are good for: pushing swings and killing insects.

Carrie Fisher

#10. To a good approximation, all species are insects.

Robert May