1,070 Quotes by E. O. Wilson

You can have it pop up with what historical location they're by, what restaurant they're by, what landmark they might be by, so yeah, you can get within a pretty good block radius, if not the exact location.

My knowledge of Africa and of Niger is almost unparalleled in US policy circles.

Each of these [bacterial] species are masterpieces of evolution. Each has persisted for thousands to millions of years. Each is exquisitely adapted to the environment in which it lives, interlocked with other species to form ecosystems upon which our own lives depend in ways we have not begun even to imagine.

Everyone would like the old-school approach to meeting someone, but it just doesn't happen that way anymore. I'd like to think I'm going to meet someone in the grocery store or at church, but these days life is a little more challenging.

True character arises from a deeper well than religion.

His pass blocking has a chance to really be good. Fundamentally for a young kid, he's pretty natural. But when you're thinking about your assignments all the time, you go the wrong way or you don't recognize it as quickly or you take a poor angle and you get beat because you're just in a bad position.

They took advantage of every silly mistake we made. On the first power play we gave up a shorthand goal and we never worked hard enough to deserve anything the rest of the period. We got what we deserved in the second.

I turned to the teeming small creatures that can be held between the thumb and forefinger: the little things that compose the foundation of our ecosystems, the little things, as I like to say, who run the world.

We couldn't get a shot when we needed one. We had trouble scoring on the perimeter all night. I guess (finishing) second is better than 30 something. Maybe later on down the road we'll be thankful for finishing second. ... I'm glad for (Miller) though because if I couldn't win it, I'm glad he could.