1,070 Quotes by E. O. Wilson

When they go to Liz Claiborne and find out that you have to study mathematics (and) you have to know computer technology, that changes what you think you'll take next year in school.

The historical circumstance of interest is that the tropical rain forests have persisted over broad parts of the continents since their origins as stronghold of the flowering plants 150 million years ago.

We pushed to do things to please ourselves for once. We pursued the things we liked and made sure that we were all happy with the results.

Human existence may be simpler than we thought. There is no predestination, no unfathomed mystery of life. Demons and gods do not vie for our allegiance. Instead, we are self-made, independent, alone, and fragile, a biological species adapted to live in a biological world. What counts for long-term survival is intelligent self-understanding, based upon a greater independence of thought than that tolerated today even in our most advanced democratic societies.

The search for knowledge is in our genes. It was put there by our distant ancestors who spread across the world, and it's never going to be quenched.

At the end of the day, it's of keen interest to me to see whether or not we can get Karl Rove frog-marched out of the White House in handcuffs,

A man in the neighborhood offered a home for them, but I want them to live with us for a while. They've seen so much. They've been through so much.

We do have some concerns. As debris flows downstream here, it's going to continue to back up and it will eventually get a lot higher. Hopefully, it will be cleaned before that happens.

No one should be forced to pay union dues to get or keep a job.