1,070 Quotes by E. O. Wilson

The most important change in how one defines the public interest that I have witnessed . . . over the last twenty years has been a deepening concern for the development of character in the citizenry.

The kind of jobs I did before were all about standing back from different circumstances and seeking to contribute to a strategy which would mean a good outcome. It's difficult to translate that skill directly into football, particularly when the situation has not yet arisen. But the whole thing about where Celtic play and whether they can crack the enigma of having huge potential while operating in a small arena is certainly something that interests me.

So, they're supposed to be home at the right certain time. If they're not, it's going to tell them that they're not there and then they can actually locate, find out where they're at.

We'll be different, but the goal is to still be that kind of offense. It may not be exactly the same, but what you're always trying to do is balance, and balance doesn't mean you're 50-50. It means you can run it and you can throw it.

Blind faith, no matter how passionately expressed, will not suffice. Science for its part will test relentlessly every assumption about the human condition.

If you pulled off to the side of the road and got out of your car, you could touch it, ... Nobody was dumb enough to do that.

Our operation is successful; our business plan is successful. We're not closed yet, but it could happen. Our position is a little tenuous right now.

For 8 2-3 innings, we pitched pretty well. I just happened to be on the wrong end of the home run balls tonight.

That's the way to get young people. Once they see there are wonderful things to hunt for, to rediscover a species that was thought to be extinct or is extremely rare, to be the first to see a nest, to discover a new species unsuspected close to your home - these are things, I think, with a little education and excitement and the right kind of natural history would actually start a movement that makes going back to nature a profitable adventure.