1,070 Quotes by E. O. Wilson

If insemination were the sole biological function of sex, it could be achieved far more economically in a few seconds of mounting and insertion. Indeed, the least social of mammals mate with scarcely more ceremony. The species that have evolved long-term bonds are also, by and large, the ones that rely on elaborate courtship rituals. . . . Love and sex do indeed go together.

For me, making music has always been a very spiritual thing, and I think anybody who produces records has to feel that, at least a little bit. Producing a record . . . the idea of taking a song, envisioning the overall sound in my head and then bringing the arrangement to life in the studio . . . well, that gives me satisfaction like nothing else.

Maybe we're going to be a team that's a little more run-oriented maybe through time, ... We can use those young guys who are big and can lean on you and it snowballs into physical play.

Jehovah had nothing to say to Moses and the others about the care of the planet. He had plenty to say about tribal loyalty and conquest.

Most of the films I'm showing this semester are new releases on DVD, ... But I try to give a range of the current styles of independent filmmaking and international cinema.

I've got a driveway full of debris and the only way I have of getting rid of it is to burn it since no one is picking it up.

This is a bad deal for the NFL for the next six years. It's a bad deal. It's too much money; 59.5 percent (of revenue for the players) is far too much. ... And it's particularly a bad deal for medium- and small-market clubs.

He throws the breaking ball and the secondary pitches for strikes. Having said that, we probably need to polish up the command of those secondary pitches.

It was inspiring to learn of the new Bachelor of Environmental Studies Program, and I congratulate you for it. Singapore is geographically in the right central position for an influence in Asia and Australia, and NUS has the reputation and academic strength to make it effective.