E. O. Wilson Quotes

Wonderful theory, wrong species. (On Marxism, which he considered more suited to ants than to humans.)

E. O. Wilson

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• My father was 40 when he had me, so he was more a grandparent than a parent.

  

  Karan Johar
  • Father
  • Me
  • Parent

• Inside every Sancho Panza there's a Don Quixote struggling to get out.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Get
  • Inside
  • Struggling

• I think I'd make a pretty good president, and they have a great pension plan.

  

  Pat Paulsen
  • Good
  • Great
  • Pretty

• He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.

  

  Samuel Johnson
  • Life
  • Nature
  • Knowledge

• Good governance, safety, a chance to grow economically and professionally - those are important things.

  

  Dana Perino
  • Good
  • Important
  • Chance

• When I look back, I can say that the summer when I was 19 was a formative time for me. But at the time I just thought I was making tofu every night for dinner and going to work.

  

  Zoe Kazan
  • Time
  • Work
  • Night

• I do worry about tomorrow's game, but never about next year's job.

  

  Walter Alston
  • Job
  • Game
  • Worry

• I like films, or some films, and would be intrigued to see my work on screen.

  

  Tanith Lee
  • Work
  • Like
  • See

• I was the Republican governor of the heavily Democratic state of New Mexico. I focused on good government, and I got it done - just like my running mate, former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld. The people of New Mexico reelected me by a comfortable margin. Ditto for Weld.

  

  Gary Johnson
  • People
  • Good
  • Done

• If the presence of electricity can be made visible in any part of the circuit, I see no reason why intelligence may not be transmitted instantaneously by electricity.

  

  Samuel Morse
  • Why
  • May
  • Intelligence

• If you want to decide the question of migration without asking your citizens against the will of the people, you are fighting a losing battle.

  

  Viktor Orban
  • People
  • Question
  • Fighting

• When I was 12, my mum put us in a summer camp meant for children from low-income families. It was in upstate New York where we had to live in tents, fetch water, cook our meals, and even dig our own toilet bowls.

  

  Nargis Fakhri
  • Live
  • Children
  • Water

• Restoring responsibility and accountability is essential to the economic and fiscal health of our nation.

  

  Carl Levin
  • Health
  • Responsibility
  • Accountability

• As I had visualized, 'Heroine' is shaping up to be a very contemporary film with a different premise and strata. This film, like most of my other films, is a blend of facts and fiction. The film has a larger span, more characters, and costumes... a journey that revolves around an actress's life and the showbiz.

  

  Madhur Bhandarkar
  • Life
  • Up
  • Different

• Hark! to the hurried question of despair: 'Where is my child?'-an echo answers, 'Where?'

  

  Lord Byron
  • Question

• I had never heard of Walter Young before, and I do not expect to hear from him again.

  

  Conrad Black

• What will be left of the power of example if it is proved that capital punishment has another power, and a very real one, which degrades men to the point of shame, madness, and murder?

  

  Albert Camus
  • Men
  • Real
  • Power

• It's not hard to find a date if you are Jewish in New York and Miami, but its hard in Texas.

  

  Patti Stanger
  • Texas

• I can't help it. I was born a miscarriage. I had so many insults I died. I was born dead. I can't help it.... I'm tired.

  

  Ken Kesey
  • Help
  • Tired
  • Miscarriage

• Be proud of every scar on your heart, each one holds a lifetime’s worth of lessons.

  

  Wallace Stegner
  • Heart
  • Proud
  • Scar

• One of the most important qualities for any young athlete is the ability to believe in oneself. If you have confidence in yourself, in your teammates and your coach, you will succeed.

  

  Chuck Knox
  • Believe
  • Athlete
  • Qualities

• Wonderful theory, wrong species. (On Marxism, which he considered more suited to ants than to humans.)

  

  E. O. Wilson