"We should preserve every scrap of biodiversity as……" — E. O. Wilson
"We should preserve every scrap of biodiversity as priceless while we learn to use it and come to understand what it means to humanity."
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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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Thirty trillion dollars worth of services, scot-free to humanity, every year.
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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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More Biodiversity Quotes
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It is that range of biodiversity that we must care for - the whole thing - rather than just one…
— David Attenborough
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We're losing biodiversity globally at an alarming rate, and we need a cornucopia of different plants and animals, for the…
— Diane Ackerman
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The wealth of the nation is its air, water, soil, forests, minerals, rivers, lakes, oceans, scenic beauty, wildlife habitats and…
— Gaylord Nelson
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It's the next annihilation of vast numbers of species. It is happening now, and we, the human race, are its…
— Richard Leakey
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Civilization has ceased to be that delicate flower which was preserved and painstakingly cultivated in one or two sheltered areas…
— Claude Levi-Strauss
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The essential role of the environment is still marginal in discussions about poverty. While we continue to debate these initiatives,…
— Wangari Maathai
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What little wilderness remains displays the patterns we must return to, if our species and as many others as now…
— Stephanie Mills
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We share this planet with many species. It is our responsibility to protect them, both for their sakes and our…
— Unknown Author
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We are into the opening stages of a human-caused biotic holocaust-a wholesale elimination of species-that could leave the planet impoverished…
— Norman Myers
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Without knowing it, we utilize hundreds of products each day that owe their origin to wild animals and plants. Indeed…
— Norman Myers
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We develop our beautiful planet in such a way that we brush aside the species... we risk creating a wasteland,…
— Queen Noor of Jordan
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Each species on our planet plays a role in the healthy functioning of natural ecosystems, on which humans depend.
— Unknown Author
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