Praying Mantis Handlebar

Famous quotes containing the words praying, mantis and/or handlebar:

“Homer was wrong in saying, “Would that strife might pass away from among gods and men!” He did not see that he was praying for the destruction of the universe.”
—D.H. (David Herbert)

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

“Drunk on the wind in my mouth,
Wringing the handlebar for speed,
Wild to be wreckage forever.”
—James Dickey (b. 1923)