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> [“Scientists should think like poets and work like accountants.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-o-wilson-2/scientists-should-think-like-poets-and-work-like-accountants/)

E.O. Wilson

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## More by E.O. Wilson

> [“Scientists should think like poets and work like accountants.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-o-wilson-2/scientists-should-think-like-poets-and-work-like-accountants/)

E.O. Wilson

> [“Soccer moms are the enemy of natural history and the full development of a child.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-o-wilson-2/soccer-moms-are-the-enemy-of-natural-history-and-the-full-development/)

E.O. Wilson

> [“Would I be happy if I discovered that I could go to heaven forever? And the answer is no. Consider this argument. Think about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-o-wilson-2/would-i-be-happy-if-i-discovered-that-i-could-go-to-heaven-forever/)

E.O. Wilson

> [“A wiser intelligence might now truthfully say of us at this point: here is a chimera, a new and very odd species come shambling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-o-wilson-2/a-wiser-intelligence-might-now-truthfully-say-of-us-at-this-point/)

E.O. Wilson

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