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Land Quotes by E. O. Wilson
- Every native species, however humble in appearance...has its place in the nation's heritage. It is a masterpiece of evolution, an ancient, multifaceted entity that shares…
- If everyone agreed to become vegetarian, leaving little or nothing for livestock, the present 1.4 billion hectares of arable land (3.5 billion acres) would support…
- We need freedom to roam across land owned by no one but protected by all, whose unchanging horizon is the same that bounded the world…
- Ants are the leading removers of dead creatures on the land. And the rest of life is substantially dependent upon them.
- 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.…
- In many environments, take away the ants and there would be partial collapses in many of the land ecosystems.
- Ants are the dominant insects of the world, and they've had a great impact on habitats almost all over the land surface of the world…
- I had in mind a message, although I hope it doesn't intrude too badly, persuading Americans, and especially Southerners, of the critical importance of land…
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- In a land of immigrants, one was not an alien but simply the latest arrival. — Rudolf Arnheim
- Is there an equality of power between America and Iraq? Definitely not; however, the Iraqi people are standing fast and are defending… — Bashar al-Assad
- When the British came to Ibo land, for instance, at the beginning of the 20th century, and defeated the men in pitched… — Chinua Achebe
- I'm absolutely strict about it. When I land, I put my watch right, and I don't care what I feel like, I… — David Attenborough
- People talk about doom-laden scenarios happening in the future: they are happening in Africa now. You can see it perfectly clearly. Periodic… — David Attenborough
- When I began going to school and learned to read, I encountered stories of other people and other lands. — Chinua Achebe
- We never had planned to hijack a ship. We never thought of any war plans outside the Palestinian lands. We wished that… — Abu Abbas
- I just lead my life as naturally, as normally as I possibly can. But I can't help it if controversy is hounding… — Amitabh Bachchan
- They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea. — Francis Bacon
- America, thou half-brother of the world; with something good and bad of every land. — Philip James Bailey
- There are more active volcanoes beneath the sea than on land by two orders of magnitude. — Robert Ballard
- My country, France, my homeland, my land is again invaded by an overpopulation of foreigners, especially Muslims. — Brigitte Bardot