A Quote by Georges St-Pierre

A cockroach can’t defeat a dinosaur. But the cockroach is better at one thing, and it has ensured its survival through the ages: Adaptation. One could adapt to the environment and the other one couldn’t.

Georges St-Pierre

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Georges St-Pierre
Canadian - Athlete
Born: May 19, 1981

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It's like a cockroach working up a plan to defeat the shoe on its way down to crush it.

Rick Yancey

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Can you see the beauty in a cockroach?

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You foul, lying, evil little cockroach!

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I’m not a bloody cockroach. What’s all this about? What are you trying to find out?

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The exercises of practical life are formative activities, a work of adaptation to the environment. Such adaptation to the environment and efficient functioning therein is the very essence of a useful education.