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Device Quotes by E. O. Wilson
- No species ... possesses a purpose beyond the imperatives created by genetic history ... The human mind is a device for survival and reproduction, and…
- Women are extraordinary in lacking the estrus, or period of heat. The females of most other primate species become sexually active, to the point of…
- In the process of natural selection, then, any device that can insert a higher proportion of certain genes into subsequent generations will come to characterize…
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- The proud make every man their adversary by pitting their intellects, opinions, works, wealth, talents, or any other worldly measuring device against… — Ezra Taft Benson
- Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility. — Ambrose Bierce
- I just use my life story as a kind of device on which to hang comic observations. It's not my interest or… — Bill Bryson
- Television is a device that permits people who haven't anything to do to watch people who can't do anything. — Fred Allen
- "Who am I?" is not really a question because it has no answer to it; it is unanswerable. It is a device,… — Rajneesh
- Every thoughtful and kind-hearted person must regard with interest any device or plan which promises to enable at least the more intelligent,… — Leland Stanford
- One of our gravest concerns is the entry of a nuclear device or materials into the U.S. — Charles E. Allen