Tove Jansson

People idealise their animals, and at the same time they patronisingly overlook a dog's natural life - biting fleas, burying bones, rolling in garbage, barking up an empty tree all night... But what do they do themselves? Bury stuff that will rot in secret and then dig it up and bury it again and rant and rave under empty trees!

Finnish Novelist

Patrick Cox

Archives can be inspiring but overwhelming. You have to forget them - especially when the whole world has been knocking them off. Everyone shops the same flea markets.

Canadian Designer

John Adams

The right of a nation to kill a tyrant in case of necessity can no more be doubted than to hang a robber, or kill a flea.

American President

Zuleikha Robinson

I like to frequent antiques shops and flea markets like the Rose Bowl in Pasadena.

British Actress

Chelsea Leyland

I love vintage shopping in flea markets, vintage stores and even Ebay.

Bella Hadid

In L.A., I did a lot of vintage flea market dresses and Doc Martens.

American Model

H. L. Mencken

A professor must have a theory as a dog must have fleas.

American Writer

Jean Harlow

When you lie down with dogs, you get up with fleas.

American Actress

William Butler Yeats

But was there ever dog that praised his fleas?

Irish Poet

Ben Jonson

English Poet

Fleas are considered pests; associating them with discomfort and annoyance.

Pest Context

Fleas can transmit diseases; their presence is a hygiene worry, not just an irritation.

Health Concern

In conversation about nature, fleas are often mentioned as prey to certain animals.

Natural Predators

Calling someone a 'flea' is very informal and disparaging, implying they're bothersome.

Metaphoric Insult

The term 'flea' can be used to belittle someone's impact or importance intentionally.

Diminutive Effect

Be careful using 'flea' to describe someone; it's usually considered rude.

Avoid Offense

Flea markets are known for good deals, often discussed in terms of budget shopping.

Bargain Shopping

Flea markets are diverse in offerings, talked about when mentioning unusual or rare items.

Eclectic Finds

Flea markets can reflect local culture and are often a point of interest for tourists.

Local Culture

 is a challenge because of the multiculturality of it, because of the languages, because of the entrepreneurial richness of it, the sort of flea market nature, if you will, of the virtual world today. It puts challenges on us to rise to. We must be better than ourselves, in many ways.

Philip Rosedale: Second...

 he was going to end governments worldwide, the skies were going to ignite and the seas were going to boil off, and now he's saying it's a flea bite. So we should be suspicious about the same sort of overblown claims of damage to national security from these kind of officials.

How we take back the...

 cage and then if you can help us we'll give them a cat flu vaccine a rabies jab and then we will then spray them for the fleas squeeze us jason says she'll try and turn a bit that's it's okay you know things that I know about but learning more I would already know

The Big Cat Keeper Goes...

 and she took a picture it took me another year to get to see what she had done when I was a you know growing a little bit older you know by the time I started finding pictures of family pictures in like garage sales and flea markets it surprised me to see that

Finding the transformativ...

 from tourist shops and flea markets around the world. The authenticity and origin of them is completely debatable, but people believe these to be imbued with power, or even magic. Only recently have I figured out how to use this in my own work.

An artist's unflinching...

 without ever being noticed until they've had their fill this researcher has been infected with a chigo flea a parasite more commonly known as a sand flea or a the flea latches on to an unprotected foot digs in and feet it may

How to Survive a Chigger...

 And yours very truly found a species of flea that was dug inside my heel in my foot one centimeter deep. Now, you might think of these as anomalies. But there is a method to this madness. I call this "frugal science" --

Lifesaving scientific...

 One extreme example is a psychological condition called delusory parasitosis where people believe their bodies are infested with mites or fleas scurrying over and under their skin, making them itch incessantly.

Why do we itch? - Emma...

 more commonly known as a sand flea or a the flea latches on to an unprotected foot digs in and feet it may sound unpleasant but the damage is

Survival Guide: Chigoe...

 today cahokia mounds is an illinois state heritage site modern life creeps in though around the edges like the neighboring flea market