E. O. Wilson Quotes

Blind faith, no matter how passionately expressed, will not suffice. Science for its part will test relentlessly every assumption about the human condition.

E. O. Wilson

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FaithScienceBlindTestMatterHow

Aging nations have arteries clogged with obsolete laws, slowing blood flow and preventing oxygen from reaching all parts of the body politic. Physicians call this arteriosclerosis; historians see decline of empire.

Jim Cooper

AgingBodyBloodFlowSeeEmpire

I think there are certain subjects I don't want to tackle, that I don't think I could do a good job with. I don't think I'd be good with... broad comedy? I don't know. Maybe I would.

John Carpenter

GoodJobThinkComedyKnowWant

Most reporters who come to me get their stories directly from press releases. Very few do what one would consider to be their professional duty.

Joey Skaggs

MeProfessionalDutyGetComePress

I was thrilled when this year's National Book Award for Young People's Literature went to Neal Schusterman's 'Challenger Deep.' This brilliant book takes you into the mind of a mentally ill teenager and deserves all the accolades it's received.

John Corey Whaley

PeopleMindBookDeepAwardYear

I wouldn't have thought of myself as a person who could guide anybody and then it turned out that I can.

Meg Ryan

MyselfThoughtI CanPersonOutWho

To passively get up and play a bunch of old songs wouldn't have really motivated us. So we are bringing the new material into the set and it goes down really well.

Andy Taylor

DownPlayNewOldUpWell

Reality is contradictory. And it's paradoxical.

Tom Robbins

RealityParadoxicalContradictory

We learned about dignity and decency - that how hard you work matters more than how much you make... that helping others means more than just getting ahead yourself.

Michelle Obama

WorkYourselfYouDignityAhead

Most artists, you know, you spend their entire lives learning how to play music and write songs, and they don't really know how the music business works.

Moby

LearningBusinessMusicYouPlay

Investors have few spare tires left. Think of the image of a car on a bumpy road to an uncertain destination that has already used up its spare tire. The cash reserves of people have been eaten up by the recent market volatility.

Mohamed El-Erian

CarPeopleDestinationRoadThink

I reflect back 35 years ago, and look how far we have come in America with our environmental policy to improve the conditions of our air and water, and we have had some real successes.

Jay Inslee

WaterEnvironmentalAmericaLookAir

God is the last link of the chain, but He is the first also.

Joseph Barber Lightfoot

GodFirstLastChainLinkHe

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