E. O. Wilson Quotes

If history and science have taught us anything, it is that passion and desire are not the same as truth.

E. O. Wilson

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I destroyed a lot of guitars trying to get them to do what I wanted, but I learned something from every guitar I tore apart, and discovered even more things. Things like if the string is not straight from the bridge saddle to the nut, you're going to have friction.

Eddie Van Halen Van Halen
- Trying
- Guitar
- Bridge
As kids, we spontaneously sing and dance and tell stories, and along the way, someone comes and says, 'No. You shouldn't be doing that.' And we slowly begin to unlearn our passions. I think you have to hold on to those things.

J. Michael Straczynski
- Kids
- Think
- Dance
In reality, it si more fruitful to wound than to kill. While the dead man lies still, counting only one man less, the wounded man is a progressive drain upon his side.

B. H. Liddell Hart
- Man
- Reality
- Lies
I've stopped reading about the death of books because it's wasteful and morbid and insulting to the authors, agents, publishers, booksellers, critics, and readers that keep the world community of fiction interesting.

Patrick deWitt
- World
- Death
- Interesting
If I must choose between healthy and tasty, I go for the second: having only one life to waste, it might as well be a pleasurable one.

Yotam Ottolenghi
- Life
- Healthy
- Choose
Sometimes your parents are the ones with the biggest mouths of all time.

Dakota Johnson
- Time
- Parents
- Sometimes