Famous quotes containing the words mantis and/or evolution:
“The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole lurking behind it.”
—Chinese proverb.
“The more specific idea of evolution now reached is—a change from an indefinite, incoherent homogeneity to a definite, coherent heterogeneity, accompanying the dissipation of motion and integration of matter.”
—Herbert Spencer (1820–1903)