1,070 Quotes by E. O. Wilson

Adults forget the depths of languor into which the adolescent mind decends with ease. They are prone to undervalue the mental growth that occurs during daydreaming and aimless wandering

I feel sort of embarrassed I don't go to plays, but I can't keep the characters straight. I feel I should be somewhere else.

I may not be where I was last year, but I'm where I need to be. That's a good sign, but it's not about being able to do that once. Last year, I was able to do it for three, four innings. I just haven't been able to get stretched out yet.

We've been dedicated to changing the climate of American politics and opening up leadership for women at every level. We've chosen eight credible women who could be president in 2008.

Our fourth quarter was not as strong as we'd hoped, even though it was one of our best fourth quarters ever.

The living environment is the biosphere, the thin layer around the world of living organisms. We're part of that. Our existence is dependent on it in ways that people haven't even begun to appreciate. Our existence depends not just on its existence, but its stability and its richness.

If we were to wipe out insects alone on this planet, the rest of life and humanity with it would mostly disappear from the land. Within a few months.

The Medley report and generally just weak U.S. data have put the dollar on the defensive.

We're still really young on the boys' side, ... We just have to be patient and we'll eventually get better. We're running a lot of first-year juniors and sophomores and we've got to get the experience and understand how to run those races.