Humanities Quote by Edward O. Wilson

I think the humanities always have to take science, our great knowledge that we get from science, into account, but then try to answer…

— Rebecca Goldstein

“Like that breeder-woman sitting at the bar, who thinks it's a buzz to go into a gay joint and has no doubt heard somewhere…

— Johanna Sinisalo

The humanities and science are not in inherent conflict but have become separated in the twentieth century. Now their essential unity must be re-emphasized,…

— Lewis Mumford

“Where scientific observation addresses all phenomena existing in the real world, scientific experimentation addresses all possible real worlds, and scientific theory addresses all conceivable…

— Edward O. Wilson

“Meanwhile, because humanity is still swept along by animal passions in a digitalized global world, and because we are conflicted between what we are…

— Edward O. Wilson

“let’s also promote the humanities, that which makes us human, and not use science to mess around with the wellspring of this, the absolute…

— Edward O. Wilson

Every high school and college graduate in America should, I think, have some familiarity with statistics, economics and a foreign language such as Spanish.…

— Nicholas Kristof

“it is the very nature of the humanities, and in particular the study of literature, to help remind thoughtful people of the ambiguities and…

— Gregory Wolfe

Humanities deepest desire for knowledge is justification enough for continuing our quest. and our goal is nothing less than a complete description of the…

— Stephen Hawking

There is no true expertise in the humanities without knowing all of the humanities. Art is a vast, ancient interconnected web-work, a fabricated tradition.…

— Camille Paglia

“In my parents' day and age, it used to be the person who fell short. Now it's the discipline. Reading the classics is too…

— Philip Roth

There are certainly times in history where power associates itself closely with fields that we would call the humanities, like rulers surrounding themselves with…

— Elliott Colla