15 Beetle Quotes for You to Enjoy

I invent words you think you've heard - spray hopper or swag beetle. Jim Crace

You Words Invent Think Spray Heard Beetle

For Tim Burton's birthday I gave him a rainbow beetle. He loved it! Eva Green

Birthday Gave He Him Tim Beetle Loved Rainbow

Behind the scenes, I'm friends with everyone at work, but without a doubt, my best friend is Bray Wyatt. The man pretty much brought me into the industry when they tagged me up with The Wyatt Family; it was my seventh match I'd ever had. I didn't know the difference between a headlock and a beetle throw. Braun Strowman

Work Best Family Me Man Doubt Everyone Seventh Best Friend Pretty Brought Scenes Tagged Throw Had Between Know Industry Without Match Beetle Friend Up Friends Behind Difference Much Ever

I liked the old comic books, especially the funny ones like 'Popeye' and 'Beetle Bailey.' Ruskin Bond

Funny Old Books Bailey Like Liked Comic Comic Books Beetle Popeye

My dad is an entomologist and research chemist. That's why he was in Fiji, studying the rhinoceros beetle invasive species. Jeff Vandermeer

Research He Studying Chemist Beetle Rhinoceros Fiji Dad Species Why

I took Beetle home thinking that after the Korean War was over, I would have to take him out of the Army. I thought, well, what am I going to do with him? Mort Walker

War Home Army Thought Thinking Took Out Would Take Over Well Him Am Korean Korean War Beetle Going After

Beetle is the embodiment of everybody's resistance to authority, all the rules and regulations which you've got to follow. He deals with it in his own way. And in a way, it's sort of what I did when I was in the Army. I just oftentimes did what I wanted to do. Mort Walker

Humor strips dominated what were called the funny papers early in the century, but by the 1920s and '30s, adventure strips had taken over. With 'Beetle Bailey,' I revived the funny part of the funny papers, and I'd be proud to be remembered for that. Mort Walker

Funny Humor Papers Strips Had Part Taken Remembered Adventure Over Bailey Proud Were Beetle Dominated Revived Century Early

In the sago palms, you'll often find sago beetles which are about the size of your little finger. The Karowai put those on the fire until they're crispy and eat them. They taste a little bit like creamy snails. But compared to sago, the sago beetle is really pretty good. Tim Cahill

Good You Fire Bit Those Find Eat Pretty Pretty Good About Finger Put Like Until Beetle Taste Often Size Which Little Little Bit Them Really Your Compared

Maybe the bar is low, but most of the strips that are 50, 60, 70 years old that are on their second or third generation of artists, the humor is pretty bland. There are others by people that were raised on 'Family Guy' or 'South Park' that are edgier. Mine's not as edgy as those, but it's edgier than 'Beetle Bailey.' Stephan Pastis

Family Generation People Old Humor Others Mine Those Strips Pretty Guy Park Bland Bailey Most Edgy Were Years South Beetle South Park Than Family Guy Maybe Artists Bar Low Second Raised Third

Read enough about the dung beetle, and a picture of its character emerges: patient, optimistic, uncomplaining. Elif Batuman

Character Picture Patient Enough About Emerges Read Beetle Optimistic

I had a great time investigating the pigments of different mutant fruit flies by following experimental protocols published in Scientific American, and I also remember making my own beetle collection when it was still acceptable to make such collections. Paul Nurse

Time Great Fruit Remember Own Collection Collections Mutant Following My Own Investigating Had Great Time Also Make Acceptable Scientific Making Still Beetle American Different Experimental Flies Published

When I was ten years old, I saw a big, fat beetle get squished. I don't recall the circumstances, but that's not important. It's the result that stuck with me. The beetle's thick, viscous insides so closely resembled a crushed blueberry that, to this day, I can't eat raw blueberries without feeling nauseous. Jeremy Robinson