Praying Mantis Boxing

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

    I’m folding up my little dreams
    Within my heart tonight,
    And praying I may soon forget
    The torture of their sight.
    Georgia Douglas Johnson (1886–1966)

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

    ... to paint with oil paints for the first time ... is like trying to make something exquisitely accurate and microscopically clear out of mud pies with boxing gloves on.
    Brenda Ueland (1891–1985)