#na

In some ways, I had a traditional 'old South' upbringing, meaning that I spent some time in a military school, and acquired an inoculum of the military ethic that is still with me today: honor, duty, loyalty. ↗

— E. O. Wilson

#duty #ethic #had #honor #i

One thing I did was grow up as an ardent naturalist. I never grew out of my bug period. ↗

— E. O. Wilson

#bug #did #grew #grow #grow up

The biological evolutionary perception of life and of human qualities is radically different from that of traditional religion, whether it's Southern Baptist or Islam or any religion that believes in a supernatural supervalance over humanity. ↗

— E. O. Wilson

#baptist #believes #biological #different #evolutionary

Well, let me tell you, ants are the dominant insects. They make up as much as a quarter of the biomass of all insects in the world. They are the principal predators. They're the cemetery workers. ↗

— E. O. Wilson

#cemetery #dominant #insects #make #make up

What's been gratifying is to live long enough to see molecular biology and evolutionary biology growing toward each other and uniting in research efforts. ↗

— E. O. Wilson

#biology #each #efforts #enough #evolutionary

Experience is what enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again. ↗

— Earl Wilson

#enables #experience #make #mistake #recognize

The product of the scientific imagination is a new vision of relations - like that of artistic imagination. ↗

— Edmund Wilson

#imagination #like #new #product #relations

Given a fair wind, we will negotiate our way into the Common Market, head held high, not crawling in. Negotiations? Yes. Unconditional acceptance of whatever terms are offered us? No. ↗

— Harold Wilson

#common #crawling #fair #given #head

The monarchy is a labor intensive industry. ↗

— Harold Wilson

#intensive #labor #monarchy

I am considering running for Senate, as well as other opportunities. ↗

— Heather Wilson

#considering #i #i am #opportunities #other