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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The Kiss scene was attempted three times. The first was in a peculiar spot of the fort on the ground level. It felt forced to me, and I knew right away that, in spite of what others were saying, it was dead 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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People said I couldn't gig, and I proved them wrong.
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If everybody is happy, then something is wrong with the democratic process.
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I don't care what you say about me. Just be sure to spell my name wrong.
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A good artist should be isolated. If he isn't isolated, something is wrong.
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It's very scary having something wrong with your head.
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The fly sat upon the axel-tree of the chariot-wheel and said, 'What a dust do I raise!'
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When I feel tired and discouraged and I lie down on the sofa, then I think of the simplest thing I can – a piece of string – and I go in it and paint it. That's the way to keep painting – to create something inside that makes you want to recreate it.
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The whole government is a Ponzi scheme.
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During that long terrible ride to Munich, I finally swallowed the bitter pill of my lover's rejection and poisoned myself with it. I murdered the personality I was born with and transformed myself from a butterfly back in into a caterpillar. That night I learned to seek the shadows, to prefer silence.
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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.
