#ty

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

The two major challenges for the 21st century are to improve the economic situation of the majority and save as much of the planet as we can. ↗

— E. O. Wilson

#century #challenges #economic #economic situation #improve

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

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

Ever notice that the whisper of temptation can be heard farther than the loudest call to duty. ↗

— Earl Wilson

#duty #ever #farther #heard #loudest

Nonchalance is the ability to remain down to earth when everything else is up in the air. ↗

— Earl Wilson

#air #down #down to earth #earth #else

Poise: the ability to be ill at ease inconspicuously. ↗

— Earl Wilson

#ease #ill #poise

His style has the desperate jauntiness of an orchestra fiddling away for dear life on a sinking ship. ↗

— Edmund Wilson

#dear #desperate #fiddling #his #life

I believe the greatest asset a head of state can have is the ability to get a good night's sleep. ↗

— Harold Wilson

#asset #believe #get #good #greatest

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