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.

    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)