Lynda Barry

I tried to be like the richer kids as much as I could because I wanted to live on their streets, at least hang out on their streets and eat their amazing food and walk barefoot on their shag carpets. I became something of a pest in that way, and in general, other people's parents didn't like me.

American Cartoonist

Garry Marshall

Some journalists are pestier than others, so I find out where the pests are. I am careful with my actors and actresses. I come back and tell them, 'Watch out for this one or that one.' People are surprised I do that. But I watch out for them even after the movie is over.

American Actor

Edward Albert

I was getting bored and, I think, being a real pest. I remember Brando coming and sitting on the bed and cutting out the most exquisite paper fish, with detailed scales and fins. Then he took a hotel pen and a piece of string and made a fishing pole.

Woody Harrelson

Pesticides came about after the first world war. Some brainy petrochemical money maker said, 'Hey, that mustard gas worked great on people, maybe we could dilute it down and spray it on our crops to deal with pests.

Brad Marchand

We want to be better players than we do a pest, but you have to find something to do coming into the League.

Canadian Athlete

Helen Fisher

Nobody gets out of love alive. You turn into a menace or a pest when you've been rejected.

American Scientist

Jean de la Bruyere

The first day one is a guest, the second a burden, and the third a pest.

French Philosopher

Princess Anne

You are a pest, by the very nature of that camera in your hand.

British Royalty

Joe E. Lewis

Show me a friend in need and I'll show you a pest.

American Comedian

Bobby Heenan

American Wrestler

The word 'pest' suggests something harmful and unwanted, often invoking a feeling of annoyance or disgust.

Negative Tone

Usually, 'pest' is used in relation to agriculture, gardening, or household contexts where it causes problems.

Common Contexts

'Pest' can be used metaphorically to describe anything seen as annoyingly persistent or invasive.

Metaphorical Use

When calling a person a 'pest', it indicates they're being annoying or bothersome in a teasing or persistent way.

Annoying Behavior

'Pest' is informal when referring to a person and can be seen as rude if used seriously.

Informal Usage

Sometimes 'pest' is used affectionately among friends or family for someone who is playfully annoying.

Light Teasing

In scientific or agricultural contexts, 'pest' refers to chemicals or methods used against pests, not the pests themselves.

Technical Context

Using 'pest' to mean a pesticide is specific to technical lingo and can confuse with everyday language.

Specialized Vocabulary

There's growing awareness and discussion about the environmental impact of 'pest' products.

Modern Concerns

 of free pest control for farmers, which benefits everyone who eats the foods that they grow. Fruit bats, also called megabats because of their large size, are important for the role they play in plant pollination. By traveling between flowers while feeding on nectar and fruits,

The truth about bats -...

 They've become an essential part of our food system. As populations have grown, monoculture, single crop farming, has helped us feed people efficiently. But it's also left our food vulnerable to extensive attack by pests. In turn, we've become more dependent on pesticides.

Do we really need...

 What's the worst bug on the planet? You might vote for the horsefly or perhaps the wasp, but for many people, the worst offender is by far the mosquito. The buzzing, the biting, the itching, the mosquito is one of the most commonly detested pests in the world.

The loathsome, lethal...

 previously wasted now being reused in the production process other breakthroughs are less obvious like integrated pest management advanced irrigation techniques but the point is they had the courage to get naked and they've allowed thousands of people and

Andy Ruben: Making...

 Feedback processes might seem counterintuitive because many of us are used to more predictable linear scenarios of cause and effect. For instance, it seems simple enough that spraying pesticides would help plants grow by killing pest insects,

Feedback loops: How...

 sometimes twice a day, when pest pressure is high. But we know that some insecticides are very harmful to human health, especially when farmers and their families cannot afford proper protection, like these children.

Pamela Ronald: The case...

 to warn would-be predators. Thorns, spines, and prickles discourage bigger herbivores. To deal with smaller pests, some plants' leaves have sharp hair-like structures called trichomes.

The amazing ways plants...

 decaying animals and plants and of the four thousand roach species only one percent are considered pests any way you look at it it's their world my friend you only live in it

Cockroach Infestation PIPE...

 pests disturbed by digging are soon dispatched by hundreds of razor sharp jaws the ants make a clean sweep capturing up to one hundred thousand insects in a single raid

Killer Ant Swarm...

 they'll eat any pests and by tying these strings between mango trees mr boonchu helps the ants get to new foraging grounds