Lewis Thomas Quotes

The great secret of doctors, known only to their wives, but still hidden from the public, is that most things get better by themselves; most things, in fact, are better in the morning.

Lewis Thomas

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

MorningGreatMedicalBetterHidden

When I got a little older, I started writing for the high school newspaper, 'The Maroon Wave,' and that's when I fell in love with journalism.

Jeannette Walls

LoveSchoolWritingHigh SchoolWave

I don't think you ought to walk into this country one day, and the first stop you make is the welfare office.

Sonny Perdue

WalkDayThinkYouCountryStop

You know those things that you throw the twigs into and it spits them out? That's what I do. The branches are like life, and I throw them into my head and some of it comes out as humor.

Steven Wright

LifeHumorYouKnowOutHead

I guess you could write a good song if your heart hadn't been broken, but I don't know of anyone whose heart hasn't been broken.

Lucinda Williams

GoodHeartBrokenSongYouKnow

If you aren't winning, we are not going to be happy.

Jon Gruden

HappyBe HappyWinningYouGoing

When I first got into acting, I never had any long-term goals, never had any plan. I just thought it would be a good way to make some extra money.

Dennis Farina

GoodGoalsMoneyThoughtPlanWay

I like a composer called Henry Purcell, and I love to listen to Neil Young.

Cornelia Funke

LoveYoungListenLikeHenryI Love

When there's somebody racing side-by-side, when somebody's right next to me and they're pushing and we're both tired, we're both fatigued, I want to be able to beat them mentally.

Apolo Ohno

TiredMeRacingWantRightBeat

I was not created to be occupied by eating delicious foods like tied up cattle.

Ali ibn Abi Talib

EatingUpCattleDeliciousLike

Across the Atlantic, commercial therapy of all kinds provides so many more comfortable outlets for people when they are under pressure. The English tradition is to get a grip, whereas the American version is to get in touch with your feelings, to say: 'I'm a good person. Isn't it terrible when bad things happen to people like me?'

Peter York

GoodPeopleMePressureAmerican

I just think age is meaningless. It's a system we've all agreed to that supposedly signals when we should develop, reach our peak and go downhill, as they say. It interferes with our natural growth.

Peter Horton

GrowthAgeThinkReachGoSay

Cyanogen has done an interesting job with their version of Android - the Cyanogenmod. And they're on 50-million-plus devices. And that's just another ecosystem that we wanted to tap into and to bring our Office apps to.

Peggy Johnson

JobInterestingDoneOfficeBring

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