56 Movie Quotes about Insects (+ Sound Clips) - page 4

Updated: Apr 23, 2026

Memorable quotes about insects, selected from famous or less known movies by Movie-Sounds.org's visitors, accompanied by short mp3 and wav audio samples.

31 Merlin? Merlin? I swallowed a bug. -Oh. What's wrong with that? After all, boy, you are a fish. Instincts, you know.

Karl Swenson as Merlin; Rickie Sorensen as Arthur in The Sword in the Stone (1963)

32 The life, she's sweet. Lots of flies to eat. -Yum-yum.

Quote from Thumbelina (1994)

33 Do you know what that guy does to beetles? Do you have any idea what he does? He stuffs them. He stuffs them and he pins them on his walls.

Gilbert Gottfried as Berkeley Beetle in Thumbelina (1994)

34 Bug? You are really beginning to bug me. -Probably because I'm a bug.

Mandy Patinkin as Huxley in The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland

35 Have you seen any big bugs tonight? -Big bugs? How big?

Paul Terry as James Henry Trotter in James and the Giant Peach (1996)

36 So, good night, sleep tight, and don't let the bed bugs bite. Because there are literally thousands of them. And there's probably something in your closet.

Quote from Despicable Me

37 You ants have a nice summer.

Quote from A Bug's Life

38 That's funny. I've never known a cockroach with good taste. But, I've known plenty that taste... good.

Quote from An American Tail

39 Oh, shucks, Napoleon, that ain't nothin' but a little old cricket bug.

Quote from The Aristocats

40 Well, not every bug would face a bird. I mean, even Hopper's afraid of them.

Quote from A Bug's Life