Lewis Thomas Quotes

It hurts the spirit, somehow, to read the word environments, when the plural means that there are so many alternatives there to be sorted through, as in a market, and voted on.

Lewis Thomas

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

SpiritThroughMarketWordMeans

I don't know enough about daytime, I think, to say anything.

Melissa Joan Hart

ThinkEnoughKnowSayAnything

He who must expend his life to prolong life cannot enjoy it, and he who is still seeking for his life does not have it and can as little enjoy it.

Max Stirner

LifeEnjoyLittleMustCannotStill

I would never say John Kerry would be a great president. I will say that George Bush has divided us; he has filled this country with hatred.

John Mellencamp

GreatCountrySayWillHatredNever

I don't know when the last time I had fried chicken was. Must've been years. As soon as I think about eating it, I think about the stomach ache I'd get.

Michael Jai White

TimeEatingThinkKnowChickenGet

I'm super-sensitive when it comes to my sister. I've been known to snap off a little bit behind her.

Solange Knowles

SisterLittleHerBehindOffBeen

If my career was a basketball season, I'm in the pre-season still. I'm not blowing everybody out by 40 - there's so much work to be done, and there's no time to really sit and look back and be proud of what I've done yet, because it's the pre-season still.

Mike Posner

WorkTimeBasketballProudLookOut

I will fight for America until the day I drop.

Don King

DayFightAmericaWillDropUntil

In voiceover, you have to restrain yourself when you're acting in the sound booth in front of the microphone. If you lean left or you lean right, you're going to lose the voice. Yet you yourself become animated when you're doing the part. So you'll see a lot of flailing arms, but a very still face.

Brendan Dooling

YourselfVoiceFaceDoingYouLose

I'm fascinated by musicians who don't completely understand their territory; that's when you do your best work.

Brian Eno

WorkBestDo Your BestMusiciansYou

The best way to prepare for a night out with a Shakespearean tragedy is to do a bit of reading up in the afternoon, eat a light supper - perhaps Welsh rarebit - and then arrive early to do some stretching exercises in the foyer before curtain-up.

Arthur Smith

LightBestNightReadingEarlyWay

One of the things we say in this band is if it's not fun, it's not worth doing.

Winston Marshall

FunDoingWorthSayBandThings

Briefly after the 9/11 attacks, Republicans and Democrats were united in identifying the evil of the radical jihadists and fighting it.

Pete Hoekstra

EvilFightingDemocratsRadicalWere

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