Praying Mantis Handlebar

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

“I’m not making light of prayers here, but of so-called school prayer, which bears as much resemblance to real spiritual experience as that freeze-dried astronaut food bears to a nice standing rib roast. From what I remember of praying in school, it was almost an insult to God, a rote exercise in moving your mouth while daydreaming or checking out the cutest boy in the seventh grade that was a far, far cry from soul-searching.”
—Anna Quindlen (b. 1952)

“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)