E. O. Wilson Quotes
To the extent that philosophical positions both confuse us and close doors to further inquiry, they are likely to be wrong.
Quotes to Explore
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I like to prove people wrong.
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But I'm the sort of person who, if certain structures topple, it could all go horribly wrong.
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I'm either enjoying myself or I'm not. And if I'm not enjoying myself, something's gone terribly wrong.
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It seemed to me that the real philosophical breakthroughs of the 20th century were in terms of the understanding of language. What is language? Where does it come from, how does it work, what does it do?
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My wife and I were both very engaged in trying to defeat Trump. We knocked on doors in three states.
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Five wives can't all be wrong.
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I will reveal the secrets behind these doors.
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Education is a way of empowering people; it opens up so many doors and is fundamental to everybody. And teachers are not often appreciated in the way that they should be.
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Humanity is acquiring all the right technology for all the wrong reasons.
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Being boring is just wrong, isn't it? You wouldn't have got anywhere being boring.
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I love proving people wrong.
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Semiotics is a general theory of all existing languages... all forms of communication - visual, tactile, and so on... There is general semiotics, which is a philosophical approach to this field, and then there are many specific semiotics.
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If everybody is happy, then something is wrong with the democratic process.
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A good artist should be isolated. If he isn't isolated, something is wrong.
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Fear can make all of us do the wrong things sometimes.
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The work with which we embark on this first volume of a series of theological studies is a work with which the philosophical person does not begin, but rather concludes.
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When I started producing, it was George Abbott directing and he would let me do the scenery. He just wanted to know where the doors were - the entrances, the exits; the tables, the props - and then I would hire the designer. I took charge of the visuals - scenery and costumes and so on. And, the shows looked wonderful.
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I suspect the base that I'm working from is not particularly one of inquiry, but of memory of what I did last time.
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If all the Churches of Europe closed their doors until the drums ceased rolling they would act as a most powerful reminder that though the glory of war is a famous and ancient glory, it is not the final glory of God.
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I do not believe anyone has reached such perfection, surpassing all others, except Christ, to whom God immediately revealed - without words or visions - the conditions which lead to salvation.
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This new birth in Christ, thus firmly believed and continually desired, will do everything that thou wantest to have done in thee, it will dry up all the springs of vice, stop all the workings of evil in thy nature, it will bring all that is good into thee, it will open all the gospel within thee, and thou wilt know what it is to be taught of God.
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Offensive objects, at a proper distance, acquire even a degree of beauty.
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To the extent that philosophical positions both confuse us and close doors to further inquiry, they are likely to be wrong.
