Quotes about Mice

If you build a better mousetrap, you will catch better mice. Votes: 4

Cat: a pygmy lion who loves mice, hates dogs, and patronizes human beings. Votes: 4

It doesn't matter if a cat is black or white, so long as it catches mice. Votes: 4

Always expect the unexpected. Right around Thanksgiving, when the new Alex Cross will be out. It's called Four Blind Mice and it's a pretty amazing story about several murders inside the military. Votes: 4

I loved working on Of Mice and Men. It was a wonderful group of people. John Malkovich is to me one of the best actors around right now-and a lot of fun to work with. Votes: 4

I've always tried out my material on my dogs first. Years ago, when my red setter chewed up the manuscript of 'Of Mice and Men,' I said at the time that the dog must have been an excellent literary critic. Votes: 4

Mice? Fine. Flying mice? Not so fine. Votes: 3

Mice: What is the best early training for a writer? Y.C.: An unhappy childhood. Votes: 3

A few Cobras in your home will soon clear it of Rats and Mice. Of course, you will still have the Cobras. Votes: 3

Mice deficient in this protein, called p11, display depression-like behaviors, while those with sufficient amounts behave as if they have been treated with antidepressants. Votes: 3

Mice are terribly chatty. They will chat about anything, and if there is nothing to chat about, they will chat about having nothing to chat about. Compared to mice, robins are reserved. Votes: 3

We're like the Three Musketeers, searching for truth and justice and the American way.: Glitch snorted. "More like the Three Blind Mice, stumbling around trying to find a hunk of cheese in the dark. Votes: 3

The second mouse gets the cheese! Votes: 2

The cat with gloves catches no mice. Votes: 2

Trouble with mice is you always kill 'em. Votes: 2

I have a very bad relationship with mice. Votes: 2

The mouse that hath but one hole is quickly taken. Votes: 2

All this is only for the mice and myself to admire! Votes: 2

The best laid schemes o' mice an' men gang aft agley. Votes: 2

I admire personalities. Some politicians who are only great mice are just persons. Votes: 2

The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese Votes: 2

When a building is about to fall down, all the mice desert it. Votes: 2

Today, if you invent a better mousetrap, the government comes along with a better mouse. Votes: 2

It had need to bee A wylie mouse that should breed in the cat's care. Votes: 2

The mouse that always trusts to one poor hole Can never be a mouse of any soul. Votes: 2

Everything is for sale in Hollywood; the fairy tale, the costume, the pumpkin, the footman and the mice. Votes: 2

If a farmer fills his barn with grain, he gets mice. If he leaves it empty, he gets actors. Votes: 2

I can always tell when the mother in law's coming to stay; the mice throw themselves on the traps. Votes: 2

I only hope that we don't lose sight of one thing - that it was all started by a mouse. Votes: 2

Fear not, we are of the nature of the lion, and cannot descend to the destruction of mice and such small beasts. Votes: 2

If you can dream it, you can do it. Always remember that this whole thing was started with a dream and a mouse. Votes: 2

I am impelled, not to squeak like a grateful and apologetic mouse, but to roar like a lion out of pride in my profession. Votes: 2

Anyone, then, who desires to live chastely in Christ Jesus, must flee not only the mouse of lust, but even from its very scent. Votes: 2

The majority of the members of the Irish parliament are professional politicians, in the sense that otherwise they would not be given jobs minding mice at crossroads. Votes: 2

I had mice that I kept as pets when I was very young, and I've always liked the way they look. Even rats. I'm not scared of them. Votes: 2

But Mousie, thou art no thy lane In proving foresight may be vain The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men Gang aft agley An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain For promis'd joy! Votes: 2

For me, the short story is not a character sketch, a mouse trap, an epiphany, a slice of suburban life. It is the flowering of a symbol center. It is a poem grafted onto sturdier stock. Votes: 2

Cinderella' the cartoon scared me. I watched the bits with the mice, and the scenes with the stepsisters ripping her dress apart scared me. Cinderella was never even my favorite character in 'Into the Woods.' Votes: 2

It was much pleasanter at home," thought poor Alice, "when one wasn't always growing larger and smaller, and being ordered about by mice and rabbits. I almost wish I hadn't gone down the rabbit-hole--and yet--and yet--... Votes: 2

I have a lot of mice, I have a kitten named 'Girr,' I have an iguana named 'Invader Zim,' I have some fish, a whole buncha water snails, and a tarantula named 'Sweet Pea.' Votes: 2

Where's Barack Obama when Christmas references are being erased from civic calendars? Is he crying out in defense of religious liberty and our First Amendment? Nope. He's as silent as a church mouse. And animosity toward religion continues to grow. Votes: 2

Our experience in fooling around with the genes of mice has taught us that many of the traits that interest us are not definite products of specific mutations but emergent phenomena arising from extremely complex interactions between genes, environment, and life experience. Votes: 2

If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality. Votes: 2

The human species was not born into a market economy. Bees won't sell you honey if you offer them an electronic funds transfer. The human species imagined money into existence, and it exists - for us, not mice or wasps - because we go on believing in it. Votes: 2

When I look at my life and the lives of my female friends these days - with our dizzying number of opportunities and talents - I sometimes feel as though we are all mice in a giant experimental maze, scurrying around frantically, trying to find our way through. Votes: 2

What we know for sure from our work and from others' is that mice have a life span of 1,000 days, dogs have 5,000 days, and we humans have 29,000 days. Recognizing that the duration is limited, and aging is inevitable, focus the attention on enhancing the quality of the days you have. Votes: 2

Seasonally ploughing and harvesting crops will mash up a few moles, slice through a burrow of field mice and crush any ground-nesting bird chicks. Far more significant, however, is the creation of the field in the first place: an act that replaces entire ecosystems, along with all their animal inhabitants. Votes: 2

You know, the best-laid plans of mice and men... I like playing bad guys, and I don't have a problem doing that. They're interesting characters, and there's as many different kinds of bad guys as there are good guys - they're rich, they're strong, they're powerful, and so that's fine with me. Votes: 2

My mother had seven children in seven years. No twins. She also had a three-legged beagle who was compelled to bite strangers, a freakishly big double-pawed tomcat who regularly left dead rabbits on the front doorstep, and 70 white mice that one or another of us had smuggled home from my father's research laboratory. Votes: 2

There are more humans than all of the rabbits on earth. There are more of us than all the wildebeests, than all the rats, than all the mice. We are the most numerous mammal on the planet. But because we're not like rabbits or rats or mice, we have technology, we have a consumptive appetite, we have a global economy. Votes: 2

There are a lot of obstacles in the way of our understanding animal intelligence - not the least being that we can't even agree whether nonhuman species are conscious. We accept that chimps and dolphins experience awareness; we like to think dogs and cats do. But what about mice and newts? What about a fly? Is anything going on there at all? Votes: 2

The Bible says that the devil is like a roaring lion (1 Peter 5:8). He comes in the darkness, and tries to frighten the children of God with his mighty roar. But when you switch on the light of the Word of God, you discover that there is no lion. There is only a mouse with a microphone! The devil is an imposter. Got it? Votes: 2

Rats. Rats, mice, and rodents. Votes: 0

When mice run, cats give chase. Votes: 0

The cat in gloves catches no mice. Votes: 0

Keep no more cats than will catch mice Votes: 0

When the cats away, the mice will play. Votes: 0

While the cat's away, the mice will play. Votes: 0

Building a better mousetrap merely results in smarter mice. Votes: 0

My room is so small, the mice are hunchbacked. Votes: 0

Cat angels are the reason there are no mice angels. Votes: 0

The elephants are dancing on the graves of squeeling mice. Votes: 0

The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry. Votes: 0

I wonder how they deal with mice at Disney World. Votes: 0

The best plans of men and mice often go awry. Votes: 0

We get a lot of cheese, no mice with that. Votes: 0

Many of us are hunting mice - while lions devour the land. Votes: 0

After eating a hundred mice, the cat makes a hadj to Mecca. Votes: 0

Memories began swarming in, vivid and impatient, like a litter of little mice. Votes: 0

The question is: until reinforced, can we learn the ways of church mice. Votes: 0

See the mice in their million hordes From Ibiza to the Norfolk Broads. Votes: 0

People who hate cats, will come back as mice in their next life. Votes: 0

Why so scrawny, cat?Starving for fat fish or mice...Or backyard love? Votes: 0

The coach has turned into a pumpkin and the mice have all run away. Votes: 0

Women are afraid of mice and of murder, and of very little in between. Votes: 0

Life is hard for insects. And don't think mice are having any fun either. Votes: 0

Black cat or white cat: If it can catch mice, it's a good cat Votes: 0

A virtuous girl never chases after boys; who ever saw a mousetrap chasing mice? Votes: 0

The best-laid plans of mice and comedians usually wind up on the cutting-room floor. Votes: 0

Of all the words of mice and men, the saddest are, It might have been. Votes: 0

Of all the words of mice and men, the saddest are, "It might have been. Votes: 0

The place was so British, I wouldn't have been surprised if the mice wore monocles. Votes: 0

Black cat, white cat, what does it matter as long as the cat catches mice? Votes: 0

Negativland through rose colored glasses. If 'mice are from Mars,' Greek Buck is from Venus. Votes: 0

It doesn't matter if a cat is black or white as long as it catches mice. Votes: 0

Why having been endowed with the courageous heart of a lion, do we live as mice? Votes: 0

The history of using mice to stand in for humans in medical experiments is replete with failures. Votes: 0

The mice which helplessly find themselves between the cats teeth acquire no merit from their enforced sacrifice. Votes: 0

Paradise endangered: garden snakes and mice are appearing in the shadowy corners of Dutch Old Master paintings. Votes: 0

A baroque art-rock bubblegum broadcast on a frequency understood only by female teenagers and bred field mice. Votes: 0

Before you build a better mousetrap, it helps to know if there are any mice out there. Votes: 0

Christianity has confused catching mice with the real work of the Kingdom, which is more like hunting lions. Votes: 0

American scientific companies are cross-breeding humans and animals and coming up with mice with fully functioning human brains. Votes: 0

Cats do not keep the mice away; it is my belief that they preserve them for the chase. Votes: 0

I play the fiddle....I'm not much to listen to yet, but we got no mice in our house. Votes: 0

You can't feed a cat with cream and food in the kitchen and expect him to go catch mice. Votes: 0

I don’t care if the cat is black or white, I just want it to kill the mice. Votes: 0

I think mice Are rather nice. Their tails are long, Their faces small, They haven't any Chins at all. Votes: 0

Blondes are like white mice, you only find them in cages. They wouldn't last long in nature. They're too conspicuous. Votes: 0

Say what you want about America - thirteen bucks can still get you a hell of a lot of mice! Votes: 0

Goldfish and hamsters and white mice and even the little seed in the Styrofoam cup-they all die. So do we. Votes: 0

I cannot persuade myself that a beneficient and omnipotent God would have designedly created...that a cat should play with mice. Votes: 0

I had a mouse in my apartment and I couldn't sleep for two nights. I hate mice. They move so fast. Votes: 0

The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men, Gang aft a-gley, And leave us nought but grief and pain, For promised joy. Votes: 0

Fish and fowl, warm sun and shady trees, the field mice in the wheat, under the cool light of the moon. Votes: 0

The mice think they are right, but my cat eats them anyways. This is the point, reality is nothing, perception is everything. Votes: 0

Machines were mice and men were lions once upon a time. But now that it's the opposite it's twice upon a time. Votes: 0

It is almost nicer being a godfather than a father, like having white mice but making your nanny feed them for you. Votes: 0

Shinya Yamanaka's work has involved mice and human cells, and advances the prospect of providing new cells or body parts for patients. Votes: 0

Once I found a mouse under my bed in an apartment in Paris. I am terrified of mice! I couldn't sleep for days. Votes: 0

Life as the chosen religious figure for a colony of cryptid mice can be a lot of things, but it's definitely never boring. Votes: 0

The fact is that some of the mice [tested on with AZT] have contracted cancer. It attacks bone marrow. It is very toxic. Votes: 0

When you get a cat to catch the mice in your kitchen, you can't expect it to ignore the rats in the cellar. Votes: 0

When you are 16 you are supposed to be doing cool things, like sneaking alcohol, not living in Disney World and doing skits about mice. Votes: 0

Yeah, but going by that cold tone of voice, she had to wonder whether the best-laid plans of mice and vampires, blah, blah, blah... Votes: 0

They (mothers-in-law) never leave when they say they will. When my mother-in-law visits, the mice throw themselves at the cat, begging to be eaten. Votes: 0

The financial education taught in schools is funded and taught by the big banks and corporations. It's like having the cat train the mice. Votes: 0

Three blind mice walk into a pub. But they are all unaware of their surroundings, so to derive humour from it would be exploitative. Votes: 0

When his highness sends a ship to Egypt, does he trouble his head whether the mice on board are at their ease or not? Votes: 0

No matter if it is a white cat or a black cat; as long as it can catch mice, it is a good cat. Votes: 0

As houses well stored with provisions are likely to be full of mice, so the bodies of those that eat much are full of diseases. Votes: 0

Peter, you're twelve years old. I'm ten. They have a word for people our age. They call us children and they treat us like mice. Votes: 0

But evil fortune has decreed, (The foe of mice as well as men) The royal mouse at last should bleed, Should fall ne'er to arise again. Votes: 0

You would not call a man humane for ceasing to set mousetraps if he did so because he believed there were no mice in the house. Votes: 0

Skeletons of mice are often to be found in coconuts, for it is easier to get in, slim and greedy, than to get out, appeased but fat. Votes: 0

These creatures you call mice, you see, they are not quite as they appear. They are merely the protrusion into our dimension of vastly hyperintelligent pandimensional beings. Votes: 0

What a strange life I lead- a kind of Cinderella-life-half glitter in crystal shoes, half mice and cinders! But it is a wonderful life all the same. Votes: 0

Breakthrough Advertising is not about building better mousetraps. It is, however, about building larger mice - and then building a terrifying fear of them in your customers. Votes: 0

Humans are now the most numerous mammal on the planet. There are more humans than rats or mice. Humans have a huge ecological footprint, magnified by their technology. Votes: 0

Unity in a Movement situation can be overrated. If you were the Establishment, which would you rather see coming in the door: one lion or five hundred mice? Votes: 0

When I was poor living in a garage in Kansas I began to draw the mice that scampered over my desk. That is how Mickey Mouse was born. Votes: 0

It is better to burn the candle at both ends, and in the middle, too, than to put it away in the closet and let the mice eat it. Votes: 0

I feel like Cinderella sitting in the middle of the road with a pumpkin and a couple of mice, while Prince Charming charges off to rescue some other chick. Votes: 0

He will kill mice and he will be kind to babies...but when the moon gets up and the night comes, he is the Cat that Walks by Himself. Votes: 0

I clutched at the brow. The mice in my interior had now got up an informal dance and were buck-and-winging all over the place like a bunch of Nijinskys. Votes: 0

I couldn't ever boil potatoes over the heat of your affection. Your love would never bridge a gap; it wouldn't even fill up the hole that the mice came through ... Votes: 0

I say, if you believe what you read in the comic strips, then you believe that mice run around with little gold buttons on their red pants and drive cars. Votes: 0

Scientists have found a way to keep middle-aged female mice from going through menopause. Now they're working on a way to keep middle-aged male mice from buying expensive sports cars. Votes: 0

It is with roses and locomotives (not to mention acrobats Spring electricity Coney Island the 4th of July the eyes of mice and Niagara Falls) that my poems are competing. Votes: 0

I have seen children shot in El Salvador, Algeria, Guatemala, Sarajevo, but I have never before watched soldiers entice children like mice into a trap and murder them for sport. Votes: 0

Although you should respect venomous snakes and approach them with caution, most snakes you encounter in an urban environment are harmless and beneficial because they eat insects, mice and other rodents. Votes: 0

In the lives of children, pumpkins turn into coaches, mice and rats turn into men. When we grow up, we realize it is far more common for men to turn into rats. Votes: 0

All creatures must learn to coexist. That’s why the brown bear and the field mouse can share their lives in harmony. Of course, they can’t mate or the mice would explode. Votes: 0

Furthermore, unlike Man's other great good friend the horse, the cat is no sweating serf of Man. The only labor she condescends to perform is to catch mice and rats, and that's fun. Votes: 0

What you want to know is... does it shorten your life? You can do those kinds of questions in mice, but those are expensive to do and no one's been really doing them. Votes: 0

Now listen, we need to be quiet as mice. No, quieter than that. As quiet as...as..." "Dead mice?" Reynie suggested. "Perfect," said Kate with an approving nod. "As quiet as dead mice. Votes: 0

Walk in this faithless grass with studious tread, Lest mice, weasels, germane beasts, too soon The tall hat and eyes, the fierce feet, for dead Descry, and fix you prone in their revelling moon. Votes: 0

If you are unwilling to defend your right to your own lives, then you are merely like mice trying to argue with owls. You think their ways are wrong. They think you are dinner. Votes: 0

I hate mice. The mouse involves you in arm motions that slow you down. I didn't want it on the Macintosh, but Jobs insisted. In those days, what he said went, good idea or not. Votes: 0

People don't like to feed live mice and rats to their snakes. Now we have a regular meat food that they will eat. Ninety percent of the snakes will eat this food and love it. Votes: 0

It's as if cats live in a seperate universe that takes up the same space as ours, but is full of facinating things like mice or sparrows or special TV programs that we can't see. Votes: 0

I sailed on the cold air currents above the rooftops of Paris. I could see the river, the Louvre Museum, the gardens and palaces. And a mouse-yum. Hang on, Carter, I thought. not hunting mice. Votes: 0

I sailed on the cold air currents above the rooftops of Paris. I could see the river, the Louvre Museum, the gardens and palaces. And a mouse-yum. Hang on, Carter, I thought. not hunting mice." Votes: 0