Hives Quotes - Page 5

• In certain men digestion and sex absorb the vital force, and the stronger these are, the individual is so much weaker. The more ofthese drones perish, the better for the hive.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Sex, Men, Stronger

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1866). “The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Comprising His Essays, Lectures, Poems, and Orations”, p.312

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• We get new ideas from God every hour of our day when we put our trust in Him -- but we have to follow that inspiration up with perspiration -- we have to work to prove our faith. Remember that the bee that hangs around the hive never gets any honey.

  Albert E Cliffe

  Faith, Time, Truth

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• Mos Eisley spaceport. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious.

  George Lucas

  Obi Wan Kenobi, Scum, Dark Side

  Star Wars (motion picture) (1977)

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• You can make your own son or daughter one of a kind if you have the time and will to do so; school can only make them part of a hive, herd or anthill.

  John Taylor Gatto

  Daughter, School, Son

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• It is not caving in to the bees to stop poking a stick into their hive.

  Llewellyn Rockwell

  Bees, Sticks

  "Spain's Sophisticated Voters". www.lewrockwell.com. March 17, 2004.

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• I'd break out in hives if I had to sing (`Stairway to Heaven') in every show. I wrote those lyrics and found that song to be of some importance and consequence in 1971, but 17 years later, I don't know. It's just not for me. I sang it at the Atlantic Records show because I'm an old softie and it was my way of saying thank you to Atlantic because I've been with them for 20 years. But no more of `Stairway to Heaven' for me.

  Robert Plant

  Song, Years, Heaven

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• Faces in the everyday impress us as hives of subtlety. That impression must be sharpened in photography, which discloses only a microsecond of the face's behaviour, immersed in a social process.

  Max Kozloff

  Photography, Everyday, Behaviour

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• The mere idea of asking a family member if they intentionally stopped sending me an annual bonus makes me feel like breaking out in hives.

  Mallory Ortberg

  Ideas, Asking, Bonus

  "Telltale Hurt" by Mallory Ortberg, www.slate.com. February 1, 2016.

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