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Ants Quotes

Small insects, surprisingly big opinions.

One line mock-appoints an honorary colonel to the Great God of the Ants, while a sharper philosophical jab argues that skipping the pursuit of ideas means living like ants rather than people. More animal takes in Animal quotes.

I really knew I wanted to be Adam, because Adam was the first man. Ant I chose because, if there's a nuclear explosion, the ants will survive.

Quotes by Adam Ant

The day after I got an agent, I got called in for a role in a TV movie called 'Legion Of Fire: Killer Ants.'

Quotes by Patrick Fugit

Not to engage in the pursuit of ideas is to live like ants instead of like men.

Quotes by Mortimer Adler

If ants are such busy workers, how come they find time to go to all the picnics?

Quotes by Marie Dressler

Almost Nothing Quotes

I ate ants. They weren't that bad.

Quotes by Leslie Hope

Great God of the Ants, thou hast granted victory to thy servants. I appoint thee honorary Colonel.

Quotes by Karel Capek

My mom was a huge Adam and the Ants fan. My granddad listened to a lot of Motown and Elvis and Johnny Cash. So I was kind of well-rounded.

Quotes by Hayley Williams

I was not a nice little girl. My favorite summertime hobby was stunning ants and feeding them to spiders.

Quotes by Gillian Flynn

We are closer to the ants than to the butterflies. Very few people can endure much leisure.

Quotes by Gerald Brenan

Animal Quotes

But once the ants and termites jumped the high barrier that prevents the vast variety of evolving animal groups from becoming fully social, they dominated the world.

Quotes by E. O. Wilson

Ants make up two-thirds of the biomass of all the insects. There are millions of species of organisms and we know almost nothing about them.

Quotes by E. O. Wilson

The work on ants has profoundly affected the way I think about humans.

Quotes by E. O. Wilson

Ants are the leading removers of dead creatures on the land. And the rest of life is substantially dependent upon them.

Quotes by E. O. Wilson

In many environments, take away the ants and there would be partial collapses in many of the land ecosystems.

Quotes by E. O. Wilson

Appoint Quotes

If a mosquito has a soul, it is mostly evil. So I don't have too many qualms about putting a mosquito out of its misery. I'm a little more respectful of ants.

Quotes by Douglas Hofstadter

It seems to me that as soon as politicians get in, they become part of this club, and the rest of us, beneath them, are just ants running about. They become besotted with their position.

Quotes by David Jason

Ants are good citizens, they place group interests first.

Quotes by Clarence Day

Frequently Asked Questions

These ant quotes swing wildly in tone, what's going on there?
It swings from mock-serious military honors given to ants, to genuine philosophy about pursuing ideas, to plain jokes about picnics and even eating ants on a dare.
What does the Great God of the Ants quote mean?
It's a tongue-in-cheek line granting an honorary colonel title in thanks for victory, treating the ants almost like a small, dutiful army worth formally recognizing.
Is there a more philosophical quote about ants here?
Yes, one line argues that failing to pursue ideas reduces a person to living like an ant rather than a fully thinking human being, a sharper point beneath the humor.
Why is there a joke about ants and picnics?
It plays on the common sight of ants swarming picnics, joking that despite being famously busy workers, they always seem to find time to show up uninvited.
Where should I go for more small-creature, big-laugh quotes?
See Animal quotes for a broader collection, or Almost Nothing quotes for more understated humor.

A joke about ants always finding time for picnics closes out the lighter side, alongside a blunt confession about actually eating them and surviving fine. Try Appoint quotes or Ate quotes.