Lewis Thomas Quotes

Sometimes you get a glimpse of a semicolon coming, a few lines farther on, and it is like climbing a steep path through woods and seeing a wooden bench just at a bend in the road ahead, a place where you can expect to sit for a moment, catching your breath.

Lewis Thomas

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

PathMomentRoadWoodsYouSeeing

For sure, there are times when one may have no choice but to go to war, but it is never something to rush to or accept without exploring every other available option.

John F. Kerry

WarChoiceGoAcceptNeverWithout

I must admit I don't usually buy a daily paper, although I will get one if there's an interview I want to read.

Maxine Peake

DailyAdmitWantWillInterviewBuy

What inspires me is not so much the music as the opportunity to interact with composers. I think that has driven everything I've done.

Robert Moog

MusicOpportunityMeThinkDone

And one of the things I want to say, Wolf, is we're 100 days from hurricane season, and we've got to start focusing on what we're going to do to make ourselves ready for the next hurricane.

Michael Chertoff

StartWolfReadySayWantDays

When people talk, they lay lines on each other, do a lot of role playing, sidestep, shilly-shally and engage in all manner of vagueness and innuendo. We do this and expect others to do it, yet at the same time we profess to long for the plain truth, for people to say what they mean, simple as that. Such hypocrisy is a human universal.

Steven Pinker

TruthTimeSimplePeopleHypocrisy

The reality is, to watch Jon Stewart, you already have to have watched the news. In other words, it's not funny if he does a joke about John McCain and they don't know who John McCain is.

Roger Ailes

FunnyWordsRealityYouNewsKnow

I'm tough on the outside and soft on the inside... I'm really a shy guy.

Milo Ventimiglia

ToughShyInsideOutsideSoftGuy

I like progress but I hate change.

Jon Bon Jovi

ChangeHateProgressLike

I need to find the right guy and the right family. The day I find something worth my while, I will get married and have kids, too.

Divyanka Tripathi

FamilyDayWorthFindWillNeed

I was 14 when I moved into my own apartment. I was so scared. I didn't know anything.

Drew Barrymore

KnowMy OwnScaredAnythingOwn

You have a lot more freedom when you're the sidekick - you can bring a lot more of your own flavor to the role, and you can get away with a lot more.

Bree Turner

FreedomYouMoreOwnBringRole

Fidel's oppressive legacy will haunt the Cuban regime and our hemisphere forever.

Bob Menendez

LegacyWillForeverCubanOurHaunt

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