Best E. O. Wilson Lines
- If we were to wipe out insects alone on this planet, the rest of life and humanity with it would mostly disappear from the land.… Alone
- In addition I wanted to write a Southern novel, because I'm a Southerner. Addition
- In many environments, take away the ants and there would be partial collapses in many of the land ecosystems. Ants
- In my heart, I'm an Alabaman who went up north to work. Heart
- It's always been a dream of mine, of exploring the living world, of classifying all the species and finding out what makes up the biosphere. All
- It's the technique, I think, of writing a novel that is difficult for a nonfiction writer. Difficult
- Once I feel I'm right, I have enjoyed provoking. Enjoyed
- One thing I did was grow up as an ardent naturalist. I never grew out of my bug period. Ardent
- Our brain is mapping the world. Often that map is distorted, but it's a map with constant immediate sensory input. Brain
- People respect nonfiction but they read novels. Inspirational
- Religious belief itself is an adaptation that has evolved because we're hard-wired to form tribalistic religions. Adaptation
- The ant world is a tumult, a noisy world of pheromones being passed back and forth. Ant
- 'The Creation' presents an argument for saving biological diversity on Earth. Most of the book is for as broad an audience as possible. Argument
- The human juggernaut is permanently eroding Earth's ancient biosphere. Ancient
- The variety of genes on the planet in viruses exceeds, or is likely to exceed, that in all of the rest of life combined. All
- The work on ants has profoundly affected the way I think about humans. Affected
- The world depends on fungi, because they are major players in the cycling of materials and energy around the world. Cycling
- There doesn't seem to be any other way of creating the next green revolution without GMOs. Any
- We ought to recognize that religious strife is not the consequence of differences among people. It's about conflicts between creation stories. Among
- Companies that are willing to share, to withhold in order to further the growth of the company, willing to try to get a better atmosphere… Atmosphere
- I've found that good dialogue tells you not only what people are saying or how they're communicating but it tells you a great deal -… Character
- It's obvious that the key problem facing humanity in the coming century is how to bring a better quality of life - for 8 billion… Attempt
- Perhaps the time has come to cease calling it the 'environmentalist' view, as though it were a lobbying effort outside the mainstream of human activity,… Activity
- Real biologists who actually do the research will tell you that they almost never find a phenomenon, no matter how odd or irrelevant it looks… Accidents
- A very Faustian choice is upon us: whether to accept our corrosive and risky behavior as the unavoidable price of population and economic growth, or… Accept
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