#gene

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

I'm very much a Christian in ideals and ethics, especially in terms of belief in fairness, a deep set obligation to others, and the virtues of charity, tolerance and generosity that we associate with traditional Christian teaching. ↗

— E. O. Wilson

#belief #charity #christian #deep #especially

The variety of genes on the planet in viruses exceeds, or is likely to exceed, that in all of the rest of life combined. ↗

— E. O. Wilson

#exceed #exceeds #genes #life #likely

It is evidently necessary to generate and test candidates for solutions in some systematic manner. ↗

— Niklaus Wirth

#evidently #generate #manner #necessary #solutions

Feature-length film comedy is harder to pull off than the episodic sitcom - it doesn't have the same factory machinery up and running, teams of writers putting familiar characters through permutations - but that doesn't explain the widening quality gap that makes movie humor look like a genetic defective. ↗

— James Wolcott

#comedy #defective #episodic #explain #factory

Generally speaking, the stronger the connection between the financing and the ultimate beneficiary, the better the result. ↗

— Paul Wolfowitz

#between #connection #financing #generally #result

Look, I think the public generally understands that what's at stake in Afghanistan is American security, number one. ↗

— Paul Wolfowitz

#american #generally #i #i think #look

But I was very, very unhappy because my mother was very charming and generous, but to me, very dominating. ↗

— Beatrice Wood

#charming #dominating #generous #i #me

I was always into very androgynous things. Guys, girls... I'm into androgyny in general. ↗

— Evan Rachel Wood

#androgynous #androgyny #general #guys #i

The first people I ever saw were probably Little Richard and Gene Vincent. ↗

— Roy Wood

#first #gene #i #little #little richard