Vermin Quotes

“Flattery will get you nowhere. (In response to Wally George calling his band vile and evil.)”
― Nikolas Schreck

“[Asteroids are] the vermin of the skies.

[Asteroids can block objects of interest on astronomical photographs.]”
― Walter Baade

“[Europeans lived] in dense, settled populations- cities- where human & animal waste breeds vermin, like mice and rats and roaches. Most of the indigenous peoples of the Americas, though, didn't live in dense settlements, and even those who lived in villages tended to move with the seasons, taking apart their towns and rebuilding them somewhere else. They didn't accumulate filth, and they didn't live crowds. They suffered from very few infectious diseases.”
― Jill Lepore, These Truths: A History of the United States

“It takes a surprising amount of courage to place one's hand into an unseen area when your mind is thinking about vermin.”
― R.L. LaFevers, Theodosia and the Serpents of Chaos

“The crowd and jury watched in seething silence. Every last person in that room knew the filth of the blood that ran through the creature's veins, even if they were only half-breeds.”
― Ardin Patterson, Vermin

“That’s the difference between them and us. ‘Them’ view foxes as vermin, and ‘us’ identify with the fox.”
― Fusty Luggs, Consort : The Prince and the Pauper