--- title: "4 E.O. Wilson Quotes" description: "Edward Osborne Wilson was an American biologist, naturalist, ecologist, and entomologist who developed the field of sociobiology." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba1/e-o-wilson-2-71260_epistemology_scientists-should-think-like-poets-and-w_501634.jpg" --- # E.O. Wilson **4** quotes in **19** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Edward Osborne Wilson was an American biologist, naturalist, ecologist, and entomologist who developed the field of sociobiology. ## Quotes 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](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-o-wilson-2/) [Epistemology](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/epistemology/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba1/e-o-wilson-2-71260_epistemology_scientists-should-think-like-poets-and-w_501634.jpg) > [“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](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-o-wilson-2/) [Children](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f0/e-o-wilson-2-71260_children_soccer-moms-are-the-enemy-of-natural-his_1111463.jpg) > [“Would I be happy if I discovered that I could go to heaven forever? And the answer is no. Consider this argument.…](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](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-o-wilson-2/) [Enough time](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/enough-time/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/574/e-o-wilson-2-71260_enough-time_would-i-be-happy-if-i-discovered-that-i_1800637.jpg) > [“A wiser intelligence might now truthfully say of us at this point: here is a chimera, a new and very odd species…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-o-wilson-2/a-wiser-intelligence-might-now-truthfully-say-of-us-at-this-point/) [E.O. Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-o-wilson-2/) [Chimera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/chimera/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7eb/e-o-wilson-2-71260_chimera_a-wiser-intelligence-might-now-truthfull_2402090.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-o-wilson-2/#itemlist", "name": "E.O. 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