Bert Holldobler famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

The foreign policy aim of ants can be summed up as follows: restless aggression, territorial conquest, and genocidal annihilation of neighboring colonies whenever possible. If ants had nuclear weapons, they would probably end the world in a week.
-- Bert Holldobler

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If ants had nuclear weapons, they would probably end the world in a week.
-- Bert Holldobler

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We know of no behavior in ants or any other social insects that can be construed as play.
-- Bert Holldobler

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Ants offer special advantages for some important kinds of basic biological research. The colony is a superorganism. It can be analyzed as a coherent unit and compared with the organism in the design of experiments, with the individuals treated as the rough analogues of cells.
-- Bert Holldobler

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I believe nuclear energy in Jordan will be done in such a way where it is a public-private partnership so everyone can see exactly what's going on.
We should put away the militaristic outlook. The U.S. should start talking about disarmament, nuclear disarmament, of the region.
Boys like Peter are afraid of alot of things, like nuclear annihilation and flunking algebra, but they're not afraid of wolves.
Unprecedented warnings by officials most closely linked with nuclear arms negotiations and defense strategy indicate that we are running out of time. If we fail to act soon, the scars of a major nuclear disaster will mark our immediate and distant future.
In 1947 I defended my thesis on nuclear physics, and in 1948 I was included in a group of research scientists whose task was to develop nuclear weapons.
And how am I to face the odds Of man's bedevilment and God's? I, a stranger and afraid In a world I never made.
I thought religion would make me live with my head in the clouds, but as often as not, it grounds me in this world.
The Assault Weapons Ban deals with a fictional distinction. You have guns that are exactly the same guns as are banned, in function, that were banned because of the way they look. And you know, that's the whole truth of this policy: it's to make politicians look as if they are doing something, when in point of fact, they are doing nothing.
And humor has always been a weapon. You want to get even on somebody? You want to attack somebody? Make fun of them.
Fight the enemy with the weapons he lacks.

Bert Holldobler famous quotes

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