1,070 Quotes by E. O. Wilson

Without a doubt our planet will be hit again many times in the future, unless we can prevent it from happening. We're not sure yet what the best way to do this is, but in order to figure that out, we've really got to better understand what comets and asteroids are made of and how they're put together. So, in a sense, Deep Impact is our latest attempt to get to know our potential enemies.

Humanity is a biological species, living in a biological environment, because like all species, we are exquisitely adapted in everything: from our behavior, to our genetics, to our physiology, to that particular environment in which we live. The earth is our home. Unless we preserve the rest of life, as a sacred duty, we will be endangering ourselves by destroying the home in which we evolved, and on which we completely depend.

They have a lot of problems with people partying back there. I just figured someone set fire to the place.

My baby could be killed down there. If they don't get her some food, she could starve.

I want them to give his coaching staff at least a chance to continue coaching.

Hands-on experience at the critical time, not systematic knowledge, is what counts in the making of a naturalist. Better to be an untutored savage for a while, not to know the names or anatomical detail. Better to spend stretches of time just searching and dreaming.

For me, the peculiar qualities of faith are a logical outcome of this level of biological organization.

I basically lost everything. By the time we knew we had to get out, there was no time. I brought my laptop, my cell phone, a change of clothes and a pair of shoes and some of my boots.

He didn't do much today. He didn't look good. He's cleared by the trainers. He's cleared to go.