Bee Quotes - page 2

The honey is sweet, but the Bee stings. (George Herbert)
Harken to reason or shee will bee heard. View quote
George Herbert
I smell fennel,” Launcelot said. "That reminds me, I should tell you I have discovered a specific for maims. You take salt, good-quality river mud, and bee urine, and slather it on the maim and hold it there for two days. Works like a charm. Gathering the bee urine is a bit of a bore. View quote
Donald Barthelme
The force that makes the winter grow Its feathered hexagons of snow, and drives the bee to match at home Their calculated honeycomb, Is abacus and rose combined.An icy sweetness fills my mind, A sense that under thing and wing Lies, taut yet living, coiled, the spring. View quote
Jacob Bronowski
But think of the glory of the choice! That makes a man a man. A cat has no choice, a bee must make honey. There's no godliness there. View quote
John Steinbeck
A soft Sea washed around the House A Sea of Summer Air And rose and fell the magic Planks That sailed without a care -- For Captain was the Butterfly For Helmsman was the Bee And an entire universe For the delighted crew. View quote
Emily Dickinson
On the day the world ends A bee circles a clover, A fisherman mends a glimmering net. View quote
Czesław Miłosz
In social matters, pointless conventions are not merely the bee sting of etiquette, but the snake bite of moral order. View quote
Florence King
A bee is never as busy as it seems; it's just that it can't buzz any slower. View quote
Kin Hubbard
All the lessons of history in four sentences: 1) Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad with power; 2) The mills of God grind slowly, but they grind exceedingly small; 3) The bee fertilizes the flower it robs; 4) When it is dark enough, you can see the stars. View quote
Charles A. Beard
Hide me from day's garish eye, While the bee with honied thigh, That at her flowery work doth sing, And the waters murmuring With such consort as they keep, Entice the dewy-feathered sleep. (John Milton)
A spider conducts operations that resemble those of a weaver, and a bee puts to shame many an architect in the construction of her cells. But what distinguishes the worst architect from the best of bees is this, that the architect raises his structure in imagination before he erects it in reality. View quote
Karl Marx
If the bee disappears from the surface of the earth, man would have no more than four years to live. No more bees, no more pollination ... no more men! View quote
Albert Einstein
It had need to bee A wylie mouse that should breed in the cats eare. View quote
John Heywood
If he [Anthony] heard of a good man anywhere, like the prudent bee, he went forth and sought him, nor turned back to his own place until he had seen him; and he returned, having got from the good man as it were supplies for his journey in the way of virtue. View quote
Athanasius of Alexandria
We're much alike, bee, you and me," I said. "You may carry your pack underneath you and your rifle may stick out of your bottom. But you and me, bee, are much alike. View quote
Michael Morpurgo
The flower doesn't dream of the bee. It blossoms and the bee comes. View quote
Mark Nepo
Nobody will ever take Maurice's place, and he'll go on with us and he'll go on our music. He'll go on with us as the Bee Gees, and Maurice will always be with us. View quote
Maurice Gibb
The Bee Gees were always heavily influenced by black music. As a songwriter, it's never been difficult to pick up on the changing styles of music out there, and soul has always been my favourite genre. View quote
Maurice Gibb
You're just a bee charmer, Idgie Threadgoode. That's what you are, a bee charmer. View quote
Fannie Flagg
The Bee Gees no longer exist. (Barry Gibb)
She was sad about what happened to Kostos. And someplace under that, she was sad that people like Bee and Kostos, who had lost everything, were still open to love, and she, who'd lost nothing, was not. View quote
Ann Brashares
Life is full of beauty. Notice it. Notice the bumble bee, the small child, and the smiling faces. Smell the rain, and feel the wind. Live your life to the fullest potential, and fight for your dreams. View quote
Ashley Smith
I think this land may bee profitable to those that will adventure it. View quote
Henry Hudson
When the flower blossoms, the bee will come. View quote
Srikumar Rao