1,070 Quotes by E. O. Wilson

Common sense is merely unaided intuition, and unaided intuition is reasoning performed in the absense of instruments and the tested knowledge of science. Common sense tells us that massive satellites cannot hang suspended 36,000 kilometers above the one point on the earth's surface, but they do...

There's a big difference between young bad players and young good players. There's not much you can do if they don't have much talent. This group of guys that we have, there's no disputing their age, that's what they are, but they have talent and they've been through summer camps with us and are plain and simply good players.

Go as far as you can, [young scientists]. The world needs you badly.

We don't want to put the cart before the horse, but it's encouraging to have a significant discovery south of your lease line.

Fishermen have been telling scientists what they think for years. Ted took those insights and pushed the science forward.

He'll be in charge of scouting and probably more involved in the operation of the club.

Obviously it helps having a guy like Joe Thornton to make the plays he made in the first period.

I could have gotten upset, but I swallowed my pride. I didn't work as hard as I've been working to go backwards.

It will be interesting this year. We might look at it as a great rebuilding year, planning for the next two years.