Brooke Burke
Television Personality
"I'm horrified of lobsters. And shrimp and lobsters are the cockroaches of the ocean."
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Cockroaches
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Daniel Kahneman
Psychologist, Nobel Laureate
"The psychologist, Paul Rozin, an expert on disgust, observed that a single cockroach will completely wreck the appeal of a bowl of cherries, but a cherry will do nothing at all for a bowl of cockroaches."
Jay London
Comedian
"I'm convinced my cockroaches have military training, I set off a roach bomb - they diffused it."
Adam West
Actor
"Sometimes you just can't get rid of a bomb!"
Wayne Dyer
Author, Motivational Speaker
"Can you see the beauty in a cockroach?"
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"Elephants have a hard time adapting. Cockroaches outlive everything."
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"There is seldom just one cockroach in the kitchen. You know, you turn on the light and, all of sudden, they all start scurrying around."
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"I am a survivor. I am like a cockroach, you just can't get rid of me."
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"Problems in a company are like cockroaches in the kitchen. You will never find just one"
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"You foul, lying, evil little cockroach!"
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"I owned a 1972 Plymouth Valiant that we bought for $125. It was infested with cockroaches and geckos - it was its own little ecosystem."
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"In a difficult business, no sooner is one problem solved than another surfaces - never is there just one cockroach in the kitchen."
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