Kendrick Lamar
Rapper, Songwriter
"Although the butterfly and the caterpillar are completely different, they are one and the same."
Caterpillars quotes
Caterpillars
16 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Andre Gide
Novelist
"A caterpillar who seeks to know himself would never become a butterfly"
Jim Rohn
Author, Motivational Speaker
"All human beings have the ability to transform like a caterpillar emerging from its cocoon and taking to the sky."
Lewis Carroll
Author, Mathematician
"Keep your temper, said the Caterpillar."
Terence McKenna
Ethnobotanist, Philosopher, Writer
"We are like caterpillars contemplating pupation."
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"Come back!" the Caterpillar called after her. "I've something important to say." This sounded promising, certainly. Alice turned and came back again. "Keep your temper," said the Caterpillar."
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"Afraid? Me? A man who's licked his weight in wild caterpillars?"
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