Lewis Thomas Quotes

It is only when you watch the dense mass of thousands of ants, crowded together around the Hill, blackening the ground, that you begin to see the whole beast, and now you observe it thinking, planning, calculating. It is an intelligence, a kind of live computer, with crawling bits for its wits.

Lewis Thomas

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: scientist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 25, 1913 - December 3, 1993

Topics

LiveTogetherIntelligenceThinking

I've never been cool.

Max Martin

CoolNeverBeen

Too afraid of plagiarising someone, so I stopped reading fiction in 1981.

Robert Rankin

ReadingSomeoneAfraidFictionToo

The deciding factor of why some entrepreneurs are successful and others fail is not limited to your DNA or your education; it is about the actions you take as the leader of your business.

Michael Gerber

EducationLeaderBusinessYouWhy

I had given a presentation on design and happiness for quite a long while at design conferences. I had found thinking about the topic helpful for my own practice, as it forced me to consider the fundamentals, and the feedback from the audience was always enthusiastic.

Stefan Sagmeister

HappinessPracticeMeThinkingLong

I'm a huge fan of Joe Walsh and a big James Gang fan. A lot of what I know about playing the guitar I learned from listening to him.

Tom Scholz

ListeningGuitarKnowHimGangBig

I said I did not know enough about UNICEF to handle a press conference and she said they would not want to talk about it they would only want to talk about films.

Roger Moore

EnoughKnowSaidWantTalkShe

Every wrestler I've ever had critique me, they were always into my stuff or what I'm doing out there. For a non-wrestler, someone who doesn't even know how to lock up, and if we did lock up, they wouldn't know what to do, for them to critique any of us, it really does pop me.

Roman Reigns

MeSomeoneDoingKnowAlwaysOut

The difference between Los Angeles and yogurt is that yogurt comes with less fruit.

Rush Limbaugh

FruitLos AngelesDifferenceYogurt

Barack Obama doesn't think this country should be number one. If it were number 35 it'd be fine with him.

Rush Limbaugh

ThinkCountryHimFineBarack Obama

Straight edge is everything about a personal decision to not live my life under the influence or not being aware. I pretty much don't like anything that alters my view of reality or my perception or my grasp.

CM Punk

LifeLiveDecisionPerceptionView

Books in a large university library system: 2,000,000. Books in an average large city library: 10,000. Average number of books in a chain bookstore: 30,000. Books in an average neighborhood branch library: 20,000.

Anthony Burgess

CityLibraryUniversitySystemBooks

Voices are like fingerprints, from Cagney to Bogart. They never lost it. My voice is instrumental in categorizing me.

Sylvester Stallone

MeVoiceLostNeverFingerprints

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