1,070 Quotes by E. O. Wilson

I'd say we drove 15,000 to 18,000 miles. I was in Iowa, Quebec and Boston. In one week alone, I went 2,100 miles around British Columbia.

It's very family-oriented. The values that go with hunting and conservation are very important for us.

We have to be able to recognize when we pull up outside that we might be having to deal with one of these buildings,

A lot of the guys after the big weekend wanted Monday off, but we decided to stay with it and keep working on schedule so we don't fall into that trap of just going through the motions. We have to keep getting better.

Don't get me wrong, I am glad we are looking at a surplus instead of a deficit. But then I think we should have a plan for that surplus.

We don't know nearly enough about the complexities of Nature. If we think we can eliminate natural ecosystems and substitute prosthetic devices, i.e. clean air or water with fusion energy - we are kidding ourselves.

But once the ants and termites jumped the high barrier that prevents the vast variety of evolving animal groups from becoming fully social, they dominated the world.

One thing that I'll be able to take away from this is that I was able to make a difference in helping to turn this program around.

We should not knowingly allow any species or race to go extinct. And let us go beyond mere salvage to begin the restoration of natural environments, in order to enlarge wild populations and stanch the hemorrhaging of biological wealth. There can be no purpose more enspiriting than to begin the age of restoration, reweaving the wondrous diversity of life that still surrounds us.