#tan

Ants are the leading removers of dead creatures on the land. And the rest of life is substantially dependent upon them. ↗

— E. O. Wilson

#creatures #dead #dependent #land #leading

But I feel music has a very important role in ritual activity, and that being able to join in musical activity, along with dancing, could have been necessary at a very early stage of human culture. ↗

— E. O. Wilson

#activity #along #been #being #could

I had in mind a message, although I hope it doesn't intrude too badly, persuading Americans, and especially Southerners, of the critical importance of land and our vanishing natural environment and wildlife. ↗

— E. O. Wilson

#badly #critical #environment #especially #had

Our brain is mapping the world. Often that map is distorted, but it's a map with constant immediate sensory input. ↗

— E. O. Wilson

#constant #distorted #immediate #input #map

The historical circumstance of interest is that the tropical rain forests have persisted over broad parts of the continents since their origins as stronghold of the flowering plants 150 million years ago. ↗

— E. O. Wilson

#broad #circumstance #continents #flowering #forests

What I'm doing is a dream come true but at the same time its work. It's like anything else. The only time it doesn't really feel like work to me is when I'm on stage and doing what I've prepared myself for my whole life which is to stand out in front of a crowd and sing. ↗

— Gretchen Wilson

#come #crowd #doing #dream #else

They don't call me spontaneous and irreverant for nothing. ↗

— Kathie Lee Gifford

#me #nothing #spontaneous

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

I support legal immigration. I don't support amnesty because it is not fair to people standing in line at consulates around the world. ↗

— Heather Wilson

#around #because #fair #i #immigration

The scientist's inquiry into the causes of things is providing an ever more extensive understanding of nature. ↗

— Kenneth G. Wilson

#ever #extensive #inquiry #into #more