1,070 Quotes by E. O. Wilson

He can do so many things. When he was a tight end (he was) the best blocking tight end in the NFL.

Look closely at nature. Every species is a masterpiece, exquisitely adapted to the particular environment in which it has survived. Who are we to destroy or even diminish biodiversity?

Progress, then, is a property of the evolution of life as a whole by almost any conceivable intuitive standard.... let us not pretend to deny in our philosophy what we know in our hearts to be true.

I still don't know what works until it works, until I see it working. It wasn't through seeing other playwrights or reading other plays, because I haven't done much of either of those. Again, you have an intuitive sense that this is dramatic or a nice shape to a scene; you intuitively know how to tell a good story... where the highlights are, what information to withhold, and how to reveal things.

I think it is down-zoning. It would give the town control over what we could or couldn't do with the property.

I had reached a point in my career in which I was ready to try something new in my writing, and the idea of a novel has always been in the back of my mind.

We're willing to spend that amount of money if, as a collective group, we can all come up with a good plan.

On the court, she brings leadership. She keeps them together. She talks to them and makes sure they know what they're doing. She's like a coach on the floor for me when they can't hear what I'm saying.

They just outplayed us on offense and defense, ... Even though (Jackson) had a great game and he's a good back, we got outplayed. It's a tribute to their whole team.