"Among the myrtles the mantids moved, lightly, carefully, swaying slightly, the quintessence of evil. They were lank and green, with chinless faces and monstrous globular eyes, frosty gold, with an expression of intense, predatory madness in them. The crooked arms, with their fringes of sharp teeth, would be raised in mock supplication to the insect world, so humble, so fervent, trembling slightly when a butterfly flew too close."

-- Gerald Durrell

#Eye Quotes #Humble Quotes #Butterfly Quotes

“When I read a script, I try not to judge the characters. I try to have an open mind and really see what it makes me feel.”
“Our souls are hungry for meaning, for the sense that we have figured out how to live so that our lives matter, so that the world will be at least a little bit different for our having passed through it. . . . What frustrates us and robs our lives of joy is this absence of meaning. . . . Does our being alive matter?”
“I think comedians start off as pranksters or something.”

Source : "Kyle Dunnigan on the commercial futility of 'The Twelve Days Of Christmas'". Interview with Marah Eakin, music.avclub.com. December 10, 2013.
“Learn from the masters, learn from your contemporaries. Always try to update yourself.”
“Labor is the handmaid of religion.”
“In matters of the heart it is always better to want something you don't have than to have something you don't want.”
“Corporations, being only human, make mistakes. Sometimes you may end up working for one of those mistakes.”
“Many kids can tell you about drugs but do not know what celery or courgettes taste like.”

Source : Biography/Person Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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