The happiness of the bee and the dolphin is to exist. For man it is to know that and to wonder at it.

A brier rose whose buds yield fragrant harvest for the honey bee.

Nobody will ever take Maurice's place, and he'll go on with us and he'll go on our music. He'll go on with us as the Bee Gees, and Maurice will always be with us.

I tried to blow a yellow jacket out and now it's wearing a bow tie in its mouth.

Physically it is impossible for a bee to fly, but because it believes it can then it can.

A bee is never as busy as it seems it's just that it can't buzz any slower.

To be successful, one has to be one of three bees - the queen bee, the hardest working bee, or the bee that does not fit in. One success is inherited, and the the next one is earned. While the last one is self-sought, self-served, and happens on its own terms.

I dreamt -- marvellous error! -- that I had a beehive here inside my heart. And the golden bees were making white combs and sweet honey from my old failures.

Those were some astounding lies, cub. And the very last one the most inspired of all. You have your father's talent for it.

Let them say whatever gives them comfort.