Lewis Thomas Quotes

Most of the time I've worked in labs if I didn't encounter something in a week entirely unexpected and surprising I'd consider it a lost week. Lots of that is due to mistakes and stupidity, but it could open a new line of inquiry. Something really good turns up once in a hundred times, but it makes the whole day worthwhile.

Lewis Thomas

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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I've learned enough times in life that saying something is completely different than acting upon it.

Jimmy Butler

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We didn't know if the rover could climb up or down the hills of the crater.

Steven Squyres

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I grew up really being a comic book geek, and that was a really big part of my childhood.

Rob Van Dam

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Most men are petrified of standing out in any way or being thought superficial.

Russell Smith

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I am the funny, crazy person.

Loni Love

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I think everyone should be with who they love.

Dolly Parton

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Mobile notifications put people in a state of perpetual emergency interruption - similar to what 911 operators and air traffic controllers experienced back in the '70s and '80s.

Douglas Rushkoff

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I fought in Korea, front line. I knew who the enemy were. The enemy were the people who were firing at me. And shooting at me.

Douglas Wilder

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I'm abrasive. I am so sure that I'm right about virtually everything. I can sing you an aria of reasons to not like me.

Christopher Priest

I AmMeYouI CanRightEverything

Through my own struggles with depression, I discovered that knowledge, therapy, medication and education can provide the strength to get through it in one piece.

Susan Polis Schutz

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Patrick Wilson is my brother-in-law - we married sisters.

Scott Foley

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I always wanted to be a dad.

Scott Foley

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