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Particular Quotes by E. O. Wilson
- Now when you cut a forest, an ancient forest in particular, you are not just removing a lot of big trees and a few birds…
- Look closely at nature. Every species is a masterpiece, exquisitely adapted to the particular environment in which it has survived. Who are we to destroy…
- America in particular imposes an horrendous burden on the world. We have this wonderful standard of living but it comes at enormous cost.
- Humanity is a biological species, living in a biological environment, because like all species, we are exquisitely adapted in everything: from our behavior, to our…
More Particular Quotes
- Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular. — Aristotle
- Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way. — Aristotle
- Yeah, I wasn't chosen to be first. I was just chosen to command that flight. Circumstance put me in that particular role.… — Neil Armstrong
- In TV, and in particular in commercials, you don't really need to explain very much at all - you just say he's… — Rowan Atkinson
- Some kinds of nails, such as those used for defending the soles of coarse shoes, called hobnails, require a particular form of… — Charles Babbage
- We were all flying around up and down the coast near Dunkirk looking for enemy aircraft which seemed also to be milling… — Douglas Bader
- The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern: every class is unfit to govern. — Lord Acton
- Personally, I don't choose any particular religion or symbol or group of words or teachings to define me. That's between me and… — Erykah Badu
- I don't have any particular thing I do ritualistically. I do the same thing every day. I get up. Drink a lot… — Erykah Badu
- Dullness in matters of government is a good sign, and not a bad one - in particular, dullness in parliamentary government is… — Walter Bagehot
- If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold… — Abigail Adams
- In my mind's eye, I visualize how a particular... sight and feeling will appear on a print. If it excites me, there… — Ansel Adams