"Thirty trillion dollars worth of services, scot-free to……" — E. O. Wilson
"Thirty trillion dollars worth of services, scot-free to humanity, every year."
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194 Quotes by E. O. Wilson
E. O. Wilson has 194 quotes on this site.
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The growth of a naturalist is like the growth of a musician or athlete: excellence for the talented, lifelong enjoyment…
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Biophilia: the innate pleasure from living abundance and diversity as manifested by the human impulse to imitate Nature with gardens.
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Let us see how high we can fly before the sun melts the wax in our wings. About the ambitious…
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Biophilia, if it exists, and I believe it exists, is the innately emotional affiliation of human beings to other living…
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Known as the biosphere to scientists and as the creation to theologians, all of life together consists of a membrane…
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No one knows the diversity in the world, not even to the nearest order of magnitude. ... We don't know…
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The cutting of primeval forest and other disasters, fueled by the demands of growing human populations, are the overriding threat…
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The worst thing that will probably happen-in fact is already well underway-is not energy depletion, economic collapse, conventional war, or…
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Overall, the human brain is the most complex object known in the universe - known, that is, to itself.
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The time has come to link ecology to economic and human development. When you have seen one ant, one bird,…
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[The natural world cleans water, pollinates plants and provides pharmaceuticals, among many other gifts.] Thirty trillion dollars worth of services,…
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Science is not marginal. Like art, it is a universal possession of humanity, and scientific knowledge has become a vital…
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After the $700 billion bailout, the trillion-dollar stimulus, and the massive budget bill with over 9,000 earmarks, many of you…
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I have a fantastic studio in my home, and it's my biggest toy. I have about a half a million…
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I've made millions of dollars with the body I have, so where's the pain in that?
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America is the country where you can buy a lifetime supply of aspirin For one dollar and use it up…
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In opera tradition, when opera die-hard fans, there is a replacement of singer or singer wasn't at his or hers…
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After several trillion dollars of stimulation by the Obama Administration and the Fed, one might think the economy would be…
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During the campaign for re-election, Barack Obama at least made vague references to a willingness to accept $3 trillion of…
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I was in Washington, D.C., on the morning show, by the time I was 18, programming a station by 19,…
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Last year people won more than one billion dollars playing poker. And casinos made twenty-seven billion just by being around…
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The company accountant is shy and retiring. He's shy a quarter of a million dollars. That's why he's retiring.
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