Devices Quote by E. O. Wilson

No species, ours included, possesses a purpose beyond the imperatives created by its genetic history.

— Edward'O

Homo sapiens, the only creature endowed with reason, is also the only creature to pin its existence on things unreasonable.

— Henri Bergson

In nature we find not only that which is expedient, but also everything which is not so inexpedient as to endanger the existence of…

— Konrad Lorenz

In less than eight years "The Origin of Species" has produced conviction in the minds of a majority of the most eminent living men…

— Alfred Russel Wallace

Reason's biological function is to preserve and promote life and to postpone its extinction as long as possible. Thinking and acting are not contrary…

— Ludwig von Mises

There is no human nature, since there is no god to conceive it.

— Jean-Paul Sartre

“Nature is the birthright of everyone on Earth. The millions of species we have allowed to survive are our phylogenetic kin. Their long-term history…

— Edward O. Wilson

No species is more important than others.

— Paul Watson

We are the only species which, when it chooses to do so, will go to great effort to save what it might destroy.

— Wallace Stegner

The animal has no intellectual capacity to justify or to find reasons to exist. An animal just exists because it's the natural thing to…

— Steven Spielberg

We can understand, too, that natural species are chosen not because they are 'good to eat' but because they are 'good to think.'

— Levi Strauss

“Humanity is the only species that actively debates whether or not it should maintain the environmental conditions necessary for its own continued existence. Other…

— Natalie Kyriacou