Prey Catching Behavior

Famous quotes containing the words prey, catching and/or behavior:

    “A lioness, with udders all drawn dry,
    Lay couching, head on ground, with cat-like watch
    When that the sleeping man should stir; for ‘tis
    The royal disposition of that beast
    To prey on nothing that doth seem as dead.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “(The black stream, catching on a sunken rock,
    Flung backward on itself in one white wave,
    And the white water rode the black forever.”
    —Robert Frost (1874–1963)

    “It is an open question whether any behavior based on fear of eternal punishment can be regarded as ethical or should be regarded as merely cowardly.”
    —Margaret Mead (1901–1978)