“If history and science have taught us anything, it is that passion and...” — E. O. Wilson Quote

“If history and science have taught us anything, it is that passion and desire are not the same as truth.”

“True character arises from a deeper well than religion.”

“Ants make up two-thirds of the biomass of all the insects. There are millions of species of organisms and we know almost nothing about them.”

“I thought perhaps it should be recognized that religious people, including fundamentalists, are quite intelligent, many of them are highly educated, and they should be treated with complete respect.”

“We have decommissioned natural selection and must now look deep within ourselves and decide what we wish to become.”

“You are capable of more than you know. Choose a goal that seems right for you and strive to be the best, however hard the path. Aim high. Behave honorably. Prepare to be alone at times, and to endure failure. Persist! The world needs all you can give.”

“We are trying to prove ourselves wrong as quickly as possible, because only in that way can we find progress.”

“When we consider the magnitude and extent of his discoveries and their influence on the progress of science and of industry, there is no honour too great to pay to the memory of”

“Science is a bit like the joke about the drunk who is looking under a lamppost for a key that he has lost on the other side of the street, because that's where the light is. It has no other choice.”

“Scientific principles and laws do not lie on the surface of nature. They are hidden, and must be wrested from nature by an active and elaborate technique of inquiry.”

“Human suffering has been caused because too many of us cannot grasp that words are only tools for our use.”

“After I had this idea to be Bill Nye the Science Guy, I wore straight ties the first couple times, and then I got this thing going and I started wearing bow ties.”