"If we have a thousand bamboo spears, there's nothing to worry about a war with the Soviet Union."

"With women, I've got a long bamboo pole with a leather loop on the end. I slip the loop around their necks so they ca…"

"Bamboo has long been a subject dear to the heart of the Chinese painter. Bamboo painting has practically developed in…"

"After the corpse is almost completely burned [during cremation as per Hindu rites, the chief mourner performs the rit…"

"My instrument there is simply bamboo. The sound is straight from nature and it connects me to nature."

"I would like evolution to join the roster of other discredited religions, like the Cargo Cult of the South Pacific. P…"

"My chief difficulty was in constructing the carbon filament, the incandescence of which is the source of the light...…"

"We explored the process of taking raw bamboo and turning it into a textile, but it requires the use of very strong so…"

"Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind."

"For better or worse, zoos are how most people come to know big or exotic animals. Few will ever see wild penguins sle…"