Richard Preston Green darners never attack people, but they have been seen bringing down hummingbirds. They are the Bengal tigers of the microworld. – Richard Preston Attack Quotes Bengal Quotes Bringing Quotes Darners Quotes Green Quotes Hummingbirds Quotes Microworld Quotes People Quotes Tigers Quotes Life on the planet is being homogenized by the expanding human population and the frequent and rapid movement of people and goods, which carry invasive organisms with them. These invasives often flourish in their new ecosystems because, like the woolly adelgid, they have escaped their predators. Dragonflies kill their prey in the air and eat it on the wing. They feed on aerial plankton, which consists of any sort of small living thing that happens to be aloft – mosquitoes, midges, moths, flies, ballooning spiders.
AngerJon Crosby I guess lyrically they’re similar because they’re talking about escaping the kind of misery that likes company. ‘The Last One Alive,’ for me, is very simple. It’s just about alienation, really, that causes anger. – Jon Crosby
Rutger Bregman Poor people aren’t making dumb decisions because they are dumb, but because they’re living in a context in which anyone would make dumb decisions. – Rutger Bregman
Jerry Hall It’s better not to wear too much jewellery – just a couple of nice things, nothing too rattly – and stick to kitten heels or flats. Women let themselves down with tall heels. I think they’re kind of vulgar. I see women sinking into grass at outdoor parties or tiptoeing over gravel at weddings. It’s silly. You need to be practical. – Jerry Hall
SympathyWalt Whitman And whoever walks a furlong without sympathy walks to his own funeral drest in his shroud. – Walt Whitman
George P Bush The Endangered Species Act was designed to preserve biodiversity, not enrich trial lawyers and political activists. – George P Bush
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