E. O. Wilson Quotes
Consider the nematode roundworm, the most abundant of all animals. Four out of five animals on Earth are nematode worms — if all solid materials except nematode worms were to be eliminated, you could still see the ghostly outline of most of it in nematode worms.
Quotes to Explore
-
I'm somebody who gets a lot of inspiration from dreams.
-
Our curses on them that boil the eggs too hard! What use is an egg that is hard to any person on earth?
-
Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.
-
Perhaps one of the most important things you can do for human beings is wean them off an animal-based diet. It hardens the arteries and runs up our health-care costs. The last thing a poor person can afford is a heart attack or cancer or a stroke. And that's all linked to a meat-based diet. I think animal liberation is human liberation.
-
Scientists didn't discover the noble gas helium - the second most common element in the universe - on Earth until 1895. And they thought it existed in minute quantities only, until miners found a huge underground cache in Kansas in 1903.
-
I go where the material is, and I feel like I'm looking for really strong directors. That's the key ingredient. There are some directors I would move the sun and earth for, or stop the rotation of the planets, just to work with them.
-
In general, I don't know when inspiration will pop up.
-
There is only one thing keeping us from having heaven on earth: we can't believe it! Why? Because we don't want to be wrong - so we'll be right and make it hell!
-
Let's practice motivation and love, not discrimination and hate.
-
Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
-
The boundary between space and the earth is purely arbitrary. And I'll probably always be interested in this planet - it's my favorite.
-
The male muse is an unaccountably rare thing in art. Where does that leave female artists looking for inspiration?
-
The petty man is eager to make boasts, yet desires that others should believe in him. He enthusiastically engages in deception, yet wants others to have affection for him. He conducts himself like an animal, yet wants others to think well of him.
-
When I was a boy, my older brothers listened to Earth, Wind & Fire and Kool and the Gang. When I would try to get into their room, they would close the door and say, 'You can't hear that. It's not for a child!' Now, I can listen to it and enjoy it.
-
There are three things that make a person a writer: inspiration, perspiration and desperation.
-
Comedy was why I got into acting the first place. Peter Sellers was a huge influence on my wanting to act. I grew up with him and found him hysterical. The Pink Panther films were an inspiration, from my earliest childhood days, when I was watching them with my brother and my dad.
-
The prophets, who were very many, proclaim and declare the one God; for, being filled with the inspiration of the one God, they predicted things to come, with agreeing and harmonious voice.
-
My generation of Americans was the first to really care about racism and sexism, not to mention the I Ching, plus, of course, the Earth.
-
I also wanted to play with Peyton Manning because I thought he could teach me a lot, and he did.
-
If you want to write serious books, you must be ready to break the forms, break the forms.
-
He who considers too much will perform little.
-
My first gold medal, at my first Olympics, is kind of a surprise to me. I never thought I would be in this position, but I'm so blessed and honored to be on the medal stand.
-
I was born with the gift.
-
Consider the nematode roundworm, the most abundant of all animals. Four out of five animals on Earth are nematode worms — if all solid materials except nematode worms were to be eliminated, you could still see the ghostly outline of most of it in nematode worms.
