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Rest Quotes by E. O. Wilson
- The growth of a naturalist is like the growth of a musician or athlete: excellence for the talented, lifelong enjoyment for the rest, benefit for…
- Humanity, in the desperate attempt to fit 8 billion or more people on the planet and give them a higher standard of living, is at…
- Only in the last moment in history has the delusion arisen that people can flourish apart from the rest of the living world.
- Far more important throughout the rest of science is the ability to form concepts, during which the researcher conjures images and processes by intuition.
- 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.…
- The variety of genes on the planet in viruses exceeds, or is likely to exceed, that in all of the rest of life combined.
- Humanity is part of nature, a species that evolved among other species. The more closely we identify ourselves with the rest of life, the more…
- 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…
- The great challenge of the twenty-first century is to raise people everywhere to a decent standard of living while preserving as much of the rest…
- Humanity today is like a waking dreamer, caught between the fantasies of sleep and the chaos of the real world. The mind seeks but cannot…
More Rest Quotes
- Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last. — Aristotle
- Some choices we live not only once but a thousand times over, remembering them for the rest of our lives. — Richard Bach
- I've committed to surfing the rest of my life. — Lance Armstrong
- I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets… — Marcus Aurelius
- It will, I believe, be everywhere found, that as the clergy are, or are not what they ought to be, so are… — Jane Austen
- Rest assured that whatever station of life we are placed, princely or lowly, it contains the lessons and experiences necessary at the… — Edward Bach
- The repose of sleep refreshes only the body. It rarely sets the soul at rest. The repose of the night does not… — Gaston Bachelard
- Seek ye first the good things of the mind, and the rest will either be supplied or its loss will not be… — Francis Bacon
- Well, if you look at all of the cultures in America, this is a great opportunity for us to really get acquainted… — Erykah Badu
- The best history is but like the art of Rembrandt; it casts a vivid light on certain selected causes, on those which… — Walter Bagehot
- Never, never rest contented with any circle of ideas, but always be certain that a wider one is still possible. — Pearl Bailey
- Reporters thrive on the world's misfortune. For this reason they often take an indecent pleasure in events that dismay the rest of… — Russell Baker