Lewis Thomas Quotes

I won't compare ants and people, but ants give us a useful model of how single members of a community can become so organized that they end up resembling, in effect, one big collective brain. Our own exploding population and communication technology are leading us that way.

Lewis Thomas

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

CommunicationTechnologyCommunity

Snooki and Honey Boo Boo. These are big celebrities in the U.S. You want to throw up.

Andre Leon Talley

YouHoneyWantUpBigThrow

As Republicans try to trample on our most sacred freedoms, Democrats will do everything we can to end discrimination and protect the one right that preserves all others - the right to vote.

Tom Perez

EndDiscriminationVoteTryProtect

Most people think of success and failure as opposites, but they both are products of the same process.

Roger von Oech

SuccessFailurePeopleThinkProcess

Of course I have my father guiding me, and I have people who I have actually grown up with and who advise me.

Roshni Nadar

FatherPeopleMeUpCourseGuiding

I am such a great gamer that seven-year-olds kick my butt.

Michael Rooker

GreatI AmButtGamerKickAm

I drink as much water as I can when I remember.

Miriam Shor

WaterRememberI CanDrinkMuch

The great thing about costume jewelry is that there's something for everyone - there are very humorous pieces and very extravagant and outrageous pieces.

Judith Miller

GreatJewelryEveryonePiecesVery

Water is at the center of every chemical reaction, and therefore should be the earth's most precious gift.

Janine Benyus

WaterGiftEarthReactionPrecious

Global warming is real. It is happening today. It is being charted by our satellites. It is being charted by our scientists. It is being charted by those of us in this body, and I think the real key is if we are ready to admit that fact and take the action to make the necessary conversion.

Dianne Feinstein

TodayActionThinkKeyBodyReady

We all have heard it claimed that 13 is an 'unlucky number.' Indeed, there are many hotels in America that for this very reason claim not to have a 13th floor, in the sense that there is no button bearing the label '13' in their elevators (I recently stayed in one in New York, in fact).

Douglas Hofstadter

New YorkAmericaNewReasonUnlucky

When you're young, you're always wondering when you're actually going to feel like a grownup. And I think you probably fear it, in a sense, too. There's a danger to feeling like an adult... like this whimsical kid in you is going to die or something. And then all of a sudden, one day you kind of feel like an adult and it's really nice.

Drew Barrymore

FearDayThinkFeelDieYou

I think Halle Berry is one of the most beautiful women on the planet.

Brooke Burke

WomenBeautifulThinkPlanetMost

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