“[Footnote:] An Ant on a hot stove-lid runs faster than an Ant on a cold one. Who wouldn't?”
Will Cuppy (1884–1949) American writer
The Ant, from Insects for Everybody
How to Attract the Wombat (1949)
“Vixere fortes ante Agamemnona.”
Odes (c. 23 BC and 13 BC)
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Roman lyric poet -65–-8 BCRelated quotes
“The ant is no lender; that is the least of her faults.”
Jean De La Fontaine (1621–1695) French poet, fabulist and writer.
La fourmi n'est pas prêteuse;
C'est là son moindre défaut.
Book I (1668), fable 1.
Fables (1668–1679)
“.. indistinctness is my forte.”
J.M.W. Turner (1775–1851) British Romantic landscape painter, water-colourist, and printmaker
More full text:<br>"Unfortunately I met mr. Turner at the Academy a night or two after I received this letter; and he asked me if I had heard from Mr. Lennox. I was obliged to say ' yes.' ' Well, and how does he like the picture?' 'He thinks it indistinct.' ' You should tell him,' he replied, ' that indistinctness is my forte.' <br class="br">undated quotes <br class="br">Source: Walter Thornbury. The Life of J.M.W. Turner,: ... Founded on Letters and Papers Furnished by His Friends and Fellow Academicians. By Walter Thornbury. In Two Volumes, Volume 2 http://books.google.com/books?id=FIMOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA243. (1862), p. 243
“The fiercest serpent may be overcome by a swarm of ants.”
Isoroku Yamamoto (1884–1943) Japanese Marshal Admiral
Statement in opposition of the planned construction of the Yamato class battleships, as quoted in Scraps of paper: the disarmament treaties between the world wars (1989) by Harlow A. Hyde. In this statement, Yamamoto implies that even the most powerful battleships can be sunk by a huge swarm of carrier planes. This remark also proved prophetic as both Yamato and Musashi would be sunk by overwhelming air attacks.
Jin Shengtan (1610–1661) Chinese writer
"What Can I Do About It?"
Nizamuddin Ahmad (1551–1594) historian
About Sultãn ‘Abû-Sa‘îd Mas‘ûd of Ghazni (AD 1030-1042) Sonipat (Haryana) The Tabqãt-i-Akbarî translated by B. De, Calcutta, 1973, Vol. I, p. 22
Tabqãt-i-Akharî
Oliver Stone (1946) American film director, screenwriter, and producer
Wall Street DVD Director’s Commentary (2000)
“Doubts are the ants in the pants of faith. They keep it awake and moving.”
Frederick Buechner (1926) Poet, novelist, short story writer, theologian
Wishful Thinking: A Theological ABC (1973)
Context: If you don't have doubts you're either kidding yourself or asleep. Doubts are the ants in the pants of faith. They keep it awake and moving.