(114 quotes found)
“Do ye not comprehend that we are worms born to bring forth the angelic butterfly that flieth unto judgment without screen?”
Dante Alighieri
“Worm theology is too high for me”
Jack Miller
“No, 'tis slander, Whose edge is sharper than the sword, whose tongue Outvenoms all the worms of Nile, whose breath Rides on the posting winds and doth belie All corners of the world; kings, queens, and states, Maids, matrons, nay, the secrets of the”
William Shakespeare
“This transformation in kids - from flashing dragonflies, so to say, to sticky water-surface worms slowly slipping downstream - is noticed with pride by society and with mortification by God ...”
William Saroyan
“Prostration is our natural position. A worm-like movement from a spot of sunlight to a spot of shade, and back, is the type of movement that is natural to men.”
Wyndham Lewis
“That's a whole new can of worms”
Proverb
“Open up a can of worms”
“We're all worms, but I do believe I'm a glowworm.”
Robin Williams
“You can straighten a worm, but the crook is in him and only waiting”
Mark Twain
“... there is an ecstatic mechanism in birds that makes them fly upwards in spite of worms.”
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
