Mantis/evolution

Famous quotes containing the words mantis and/or evolution:

    The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole lurking behind it.
    Chinese proverb.

    Analyze theory-building how we will, we all must start in the middle. Our conceptual firsts are middle-sized, middle-distanced objects, and our introduction to them and to everything comes midway in the cultural evolution of the race.
    Willard Van Orman Quine (b. 1908)