#ted

I was a senior in high school when I decided I wanted to work on ants as a career. I just fell in love with them, and have never regretted it. ↗

— E. O. Wilson

#career #decided #fell #high #high school

In addition I wanted to write a Southern novel, because I'm a Southerner. ↗

— E. O. Wilson

#because #i #novel #southern #southerner

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

Benjamin Franklin may have discovered electricity, but it was the man who invented the meter who made the money. ↗

— Earl Wilson

#benjamin franklin #discovered #electricity #franklin #invented

Even a lot of kids who are gifted can be kids who feel like wimps or nerds. ↗

— Eric Wilson

#feel #gifted #kids #like #lot

Too many security officers live day to day. They just want to be treated with dignity. ↗

— John Wilson

#day to day #dignity #just #live #many

I joined an acting class in my junior year in high school. I'd always wanted to try it. ↗

— Rainn Wilson

#acting class #always #class #high #high school

Community-based policing has now come to mean everything. It's a slogan. It has come to mean so many different things that people who endorse it, such as the Congress of the United States, do not know what they are talking about. ↗

— James Q. Wilson

#come #community-based #congress #different #different things

Through this additional support, we must renew our commitment to provide talented young people with the opportunity to build scientific careers based on their curiosity, the same opportunity that was provided to me when I began my work. ↗

— Kenneth G. Wilson

#based #began #build #careers #commitment