#ear

There was a train that would come by our house every night, and I'd hear the whistle blow. That is the sweetest memory I have. ↗

— Cassandra Wilson

#come #every #every night #hear #house

Furthermore, there is no good ethical or economic reason for asking workmen and current producers to forego all economic gain in order to increase the purchasing power of all the wealth accumulated in past years. ↗

— Charles E. Wilson

#current #economic #ethical #forego #furthermore

A study of the history of wages back through the years indicates clearly that when the cost-of-living rises appreciably wages have shortly been adjusted upward also. ↗

— Charles E. Wilson

#also #back #been #clearly #history

I made a dollar a day sweeping a laundry out. Then we made a record that was number two in Los Angeles. We got so excited hearing it on the radio that Carl threw up. ↗

— Dennis Wilson

#carl #day #dollar #excited #got

Yeah, I spent about 20 years in a dorm room. It took me a while to graduate. ↗

— Douglas Wilson

#about #dorm #graduate #i #me

I had 3 brothers, 2 died early, and one of them was living a good long time. ↗

— Edith Wilson

#died #early #good #had #i

The one process now going on that will take millions of years to correct is the loss of genetic and species diversity by the destruction of natural habitats. This is the folly our descendants are least likely to forgive us. ↗

— E. O. Wilson

#descendants #destruction #diversity #folly #forgive

We should preserve every scrap of biodiversity as priceless while we learn to use it and come to understand what it means to humanity. ↗

— E. O. Wilson

#come #every #humanity #learn #means

Ants have the most complicated social organization on earth next to humans. ↗

— E. O. Wilson

#complicated #earth #humans #most #next

A very Faustian choice is upon us: whether to accept our corrosive and risky behavior as the unavoidable price of population and economic growth, or to take stock of ourselves and search for a new environmental ethic. ↗

— E. O. Wilson

#behavior #choice #corrosive #economic #economic growth