E. O. Wilson Hard Quotations

Change will come slowly, across generations, because old beliefs die hard even when demonstrably false.

We're in a small market and we have worked really hard to keep this thing going. All I want is enough so I can hang onto the canoe.

He's a big kid; he covers a lot of ground. You have really got to work hard and you've got to score on rebounds and their defense did a good job of clearing the net. It's basically a dogfight every shot and rebound in there, and they played it well.

This was one we really wanted to win. We just wanted to turn up the intensity and keep working hard as a team so we can keep playing.

Our kids played hard and stepped up. We practiced hard the last two weeks. It was one of those hard fought battles,

Our ridership has been going up pretty consistently for the last couple of years. It's hard to say how much of it in the last couple of months is the gas prices and how much of it is the economy.

I wasn't afforded the opportunity to return to school. I'm caught between a rock and a hard place. I want to finish school, but I don't trust these people. Are they really going to open again in March?

We really worked hard from the get-go. Even though they scored (first), I didn't see our flinch. We were ready to play right at the beginning of the game and I'm really proud of the effort all the way through the game.

To be a great producer, music has to be a big part of your soul. And when it comes to making music, if I could invent a way to get it from my heart into yours, without doing all that hard work, I would be very happy.

The realization that the Total Available Market (TAM) is decreasing is really starting to hit home with players in this market. Depending on their market position, companies will need to take a hard look at their commitment to remaining in this business. Indeed, some companies' very survival may depend on their ability to diversify to new sectors beyond wireless infrastructure.

Both teams made mistakes. Both teams played very hard and at the end, the ball didn't bounce our way.

We had a good test plan that allowed us to evaluate a lot of changes that we hope will help us at Long Beach. We've been working very hard on the overall quality of the team and I've been really impressed with the preparation as we head toward Long Beach.

We are going to do what we have been doing all year. We are going to work hard in practice these next couple days. Then we will head East and see if we can't get a win.

We could've won the game today. We've come so far this season, it's really hard to be disappointed right now.

There was a foul and both teams came in to protect their players. Those things happen. I don't think there are any hard feelings.

The wind was whipping, and it was raining hard early on.

Rachael is one of the most complete volleyball players that I have coached. Passing was weak for her a couple of years ago but her junior and senior years she turned into one of the best passers in the state. Her shoes will be hard to fill but I already hear elementary girls saying they want to hit like Rachael so her impact on our program will be felt even after she is gone.

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The weight of the wheel and water deteriorated the axle. It dropped about three inches and just starting chucking wooden teeth out of some smaller gears. Those teeth are specially made out of very, very hard maple wood, so you can imagine the stress.

They took advantage of every silly mistake we made. On the first power play we gave up a shorthand goal and we never worked hard enough to deserve anything the rest of the period. We got what we deserved in the second.

It's just one of those things where we made some critical free throws at the end, and that's the key. You don't give up because you don't know what's fixing to happen, but (Pickering) came back down and got another chance and she sank them both. That's a big key, and it's the never-say-die attitude. They just worked hard at it and stayed with it and stayed after it.

It was a very exciting season. I think it was almost inevitable that Justin got out with how hard he works.

It's not as if this job isn't hard enough already.

It was hard to hit that putt soft enough. I hit it on the right line, but I shouldn't have chipped it where I did. And, yeah, the greens were definitely getting a lot drier by then.

The costs of an annuity are a humongous drag on a portfolio. You add in the ordinary income-tax rate on withdrawals, and it's very hard to make it work out.

I'm just happy to see the fruits of their hard work come to pass. All three are very fortunate to have been able to get to this point. How many kids out there have this dream and don't get to this point?

He stood in our end and watched his guy score after like three guys had blocked shots, ... I just said, 'That's enough.' He'd seemed indifferent and I had to grab his attention. He needed to be kicked in the butt and he got it. He got some pressure from his teammates to back up the stuff I was saying, and to his credit, he's played hard ever since. And that's including practice, which is important, too.

I don't know if we (the defense) have any expectations. We just want to go out there, play our defense, play hard and play sound football. I don't think there are expectations. That's for you guys (the media). That's not for us. We just go out there and do what we do.

How long can it stay here? I don't know. But I can tell you we're going to fight very, very hard to keep the team here to try to be competitive with the rest of the league.

I could have gotten upset, but I swallowed my pride. I didn't work as hard as I've been working to go backwards.

I do not believe we will be able to 'cap' very well. It seems like a very difficult challenge to put a hard and fast number on, though it makes sense.