Best Bumblebees Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“20 June Y.W.-Q.M.D Dear Filbert, It's been quite a week here on Mount Gawdforsaken — today it is perishingly hot, windless, quiet as a tomb, lush and pretty. Every floral unit has its pistil aprick and petals atremble in a truly shameless fashion, for the bees are about. The whole hill hums drowsily... The paucity of decibels here is due in part to all six A-teams' departure yesterday for Milan...”

Summer Letters Hot Heat Infinite Jest Summer Quotes Bumblebees

Book:Infinite Jest

Source: Infinite Jest

“You're so cute when you're possessive, Bumblebee." Narrowing his eyes on me, he says, "I think I preferred Bubsters." "Bumblebees are cute." "I'm not cute." I snort. "Debatable.”

Nicknames Endearment Aww Bumblebees Couple Moment Awh

Book:Tainted Power - The Complete Series

Source: Tainted Power - The Complete Series

“Outplacement should give us the glow of a lighthouse, and the outplacer must bring the joy of the bluebirds, the humming of the bumblebees, and a buzz of excitement back into our lives. (“Waiting for Mr. Outplacer“)”

Excitement Buzz Lighthouse Bumblebees Bluebirds Outplacement Outplacer

Author:Erik Pevernagie

“Would you rather eat poison ivy or a handful of bumblebees?” “What kind of question is that? … Why would I have to eat either one, ever? Exactly what type of camping are we doing?”

Question Game Camping Bumblebees Poison Ivy Would You Rather

Book:Love & Other Great Expectations

Source: Love & Other Great Expectations

“Leaves glowing in the sun, zealous hum of bumblebees, From afar, from somewhere beyond the river, echoes of lingering voices And the unhurried sounds of a hammer gave joy not only to me. Before the five senses were opened, and earlier than any beginning They waited, ready, for all those who would call themselves mortals, So that they might praise, as I do, life, that is, happiness.”

Might Joy Sound Voice Sun Five Ready Rivers Praise Senses Mortals Echoes Hammers Glowing Afar Lingering Zealous Five Senses Bumblebees

Author:Czeslaw Milosz

“Ms. It sounds like a sick bumblebee, it sounds frigid. I mean, who the hell would ever want to stick his hand up the dress of somebody who goes around calling herself something like Ms.? It's all so stupid.”

Want Mean Hands Sound Hell Stupid Calling Sick Dresses Sticks Hands Up Frigid Bumblebees

Author:Patti Smith

“Evil does not question itself. Only Hope questions itself.”

Doe Evil Infallibility Bumblebees

Book:Between the Bridge and the River: A Novel

Source: Between the Bridge and the River: A Novel

“The ball whizzes past like a bumblebee and the Indians are in the sea.”

Past Sea Balls Indian Bumblebees

Author:Navjot Singh Sidhu

“Did I mention I've finally decided on a nickname for you?" "I didn't know you were looking." Well, I've given the matter some serious thought." "And what have you come up with?" "Cookie," I anounced proudly. Xavier scrunched up his face. "No way." "You don't like it? What about Bumblebee?" "Worse." "Snookie-Wookie?" "Do you have any cyanide?" "Well, some of us are just a bit hard to please.”

Knows Way Wells Matter Hard Faces Given Bits Serious Please Decided Come Up Cookies Nicknames Cyanide Bumblebees

Author:Alexandra Adornetto

“A sense of security, of well-being, of summer warmth pervades my memory. That robust reality makes a ghost of the present. The mirror brims with brightness; a bumblebee has entered the room and bumps against the ceiling. Everything is as it should be, nothing will ever change, nobody will ever die.”

Should Wells Reality Dies Memories Rooms Security Summer Mirrors Ghost Well Being Warmth Ceilings Bumps Brightness Robust Bumblebees

Book:Speak, Memory: An Autobiography Revisited

Source: Speak, Memory: An Autobiography Revisited

“Allowances can always be made for your friends to disagree with you. Disagreement, vehement disagreement, is healthy. Debate is impossible without it. Evil does not question itself, only hope questions itself. Even the incorruptible are corruptible if they cannot accept the possibility of being mistaken. Infallibility is a sin in any man. All laws can be broken and are. Often. Like when a bumblebee flies or an ancient regime is toppled.”

Source: Between the Bridge and the River

“I taught principally German language and literature at Eton. But any master with private pupils must be prepared to teach anything they ask for. That can be as diverse as the early paintings of Salvador Dali or how bumblebees manage to fly.”

Asks Literature Language Teach Taught Painting Masters Prepared Manage Diverse Be Prepared Pupils German Language Eton Bumblebees

Author:John le Carre

“Even the incorruptible are corruptible if they cannot accept the possibility of being mistaken. Infallibility is a sin in any man. All laws can be broken and are. Often.”

Ifs Men Law Sin Accepting Possibility Broken Mistaken Infallibility Bumblebees

Book:Between the Bridge and the River

Source: Between the Bridge and the River

“According to aerodynamic laws, the bumblebee cannot fly. Its body weight is not the right proportion to its wingspan. Ignoring these laws, the bee flies anyway.”

Inspirational Body Success Law Weight Uplifting Proportion Bees Body Weight Bumblebees

Author:Andre Sainte-Lague

“The turkey's eyes are such that he can see a bumblebee turn a somersault on the verge of the horizon.”

Eye Turns Horizon Hunting Turkeys Verge Bumblebees

Book:America's Greatest Game Bird: Archibald Rutledge's Turkey Hunting Tales

Source: America's Greatest Game Bird: Archibald Rutledge's Turkey Hunting Tales

“The ultimate source of energy, the sun is ready to set. The leaves of the blooming lotus flower in the pond are losing their lustre. A bumblebee, sitting on that lotus is enjoying the romantic pleasure and murmuring passionate songs.”

Song Energy Enjoy Pleasure Sun Ready Flower Source Losing Sitting Ultimate Passionate Ponds Blooming Lotuses Murmuring Lotus Flower Bumblebees

Author:Manmohan Acharya

“According to recognized aero technical tests, the bumblebee cannot fly because of the shape and weight of his body in relation to the total wing area. The bumblebee doesn't know this, so he goes ahead and flies anyway.”

Knows Body Shapes Areas Tests Weight Relation Wings Bumblebees

Author:Igor Sikorsky

“My company mascot is the bumblebee. Because of its tiny wings and heavy body, aerodynamically the bumblebee shouldn't be able to fly. But the bumblebee doesn't know that, so it flies anyways.”

Knows Body Inspiration Able Company Wings Heavy Tiny Mascots Bumblebees

Author:Mary Kay Ash

“If bumblebee leavings and stump paste are so good for you, why can't any of those guys (in the health stores) grow full beards?”

Ifs Guy Grows Leaving Stores Beard Health Food Stumps Bumblebees

Author:Calvin Trillin