It's like having astronomy without knowing where the stars are. — E. O. Wilson Astronomy Copy Share Image
The laws of biology are written in the language of diversity. — E. O. Wilson Biology Copy Share Image
One difference between ants and humans is that while ants send their old women off to war, humans send their young men. — E. O. Wilson Ants Copy Share Image
The human juggernaut is permanently eroding Earth's ancient biosphere. — E. O. Wilson Ancient Copy Share Image
We have decommissioned natural selection and must now look deep within ourselves and decide what we wish to become. — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
Ninety-nine percent of all species that ever lived are now extinct. — E. O. Wilson Animal Copy Share Image
Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal. — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
Be prepared mentally for some amount of chaos and failure. Waste and frustration often attend the earliest stages. — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
It's the technique, I think, of writing a novel that is difficult for a nonfiction writer. — E. O. Wilson Books Copy Share Image
Ants have the most complicated social organization on earth next to humans. — E. O. Wilson Ants Copy Share Image
'The Creation' presents an argument for saving biological diversity on Earth. Most of the book is for as broad an audience as… — E. O. Wilson Argument Copy Share Image
I had reached a point in my career in which I was ready to try something new in my writing, and the… — E. O. Wilson Books Copy Share Image
A very Faustian choice is upon us: whether to accept our corrosive and risky behavior as the unavoidable price of population and… — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
The brain and its satellite glands have now been probed to the point where no particular site remains that can reasonably be… — E. O. Wilson Brain Copy Share Image
Of course, there is no reconciliation between the theory of evolution by natural selection and the traditional religious view of the origin… — E. O. Wilson Evolution Copy Share Image
Every native species, however humble in appearance...has its place in the nation's heritage. It is a masterpiece of evolution, an ancient, multifaceted… — E. O. Wilson Ancient Copy Share Image
If all mankind were to disappear, the world would regenerate back to the rich state of equilibrium that existed ten thousand years… — E. O. Wilson Chaos Copy Share Image
In the process of natural selection, then, any device that can insert a higher proportion of certain genes into subsequent generations will… — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
The naturalist is a civilized hunter. He goes alone into the field or woodland and closes his mind to everything but that… — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
Today [the voice of women] is being heard loud and clear. But I do not read the welcome triumph of feminism, social,… — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
[T]he true natural sciences lock together in theory and evidence to form the ineradicable technical base of modern civilization. The pseudosciences satisfy… — E. O. Wilson Civilization Copy Share Image
Biology has finally opened up to achieve a unifying embrace of all its disciplines. We're seeing the renaissance of what could be… — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
Yes, the natural sciences are telling us a great deal about human origins, the origins of our species the origins of our… — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
Real biologists who actually do the research will tell you that they almost never find a phenomenon, no matter how odd or… — E. O. Wilson Accidents Copy Share Image
Science is not marginal. Like art, it is a universal possession of humanity, and scientific knowledge has become a vital part of… — E. O. Wilson Access Copy Share Image
If insemination were the sole biological function of sex, it could be achieved far more economically in a few seconds of mounting… — E. O. Wilson Ceremony Copy Share Image
The education of women is the best way to save the environment. — E. O. Wilson Best way Copy Share Image
The true evolutionary epic, retold as poetry, is as intrinsically ennobling as any religious epic. — E. O. Wilson Epic Copy Share Image
The world depends on fungi, because they are major players in the cycling of materials and energy around the world. — E. O. Wilson Around the world Copy Share Image
The work on ants has profoundly affected the way I think about humans. — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
The ideal scientist thinks like a poet and works like a bookkeeper — E. O. Wilson Bookkeepers Copy Share Image
In science, obsessiveness under psychological control can be a virtue. — E. O. Wilson Psychological Copy Share Image
Destroying a tropical rainforest for profit is like burning all the paintings of the Louvre to cook dinner. — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
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