Lewis Thomas Quotes

A multitude of bees can tell the time of day, calculate the geometry of the sun's position, argue about the best location for the next swarm. Bees do a lot of close observing of other bees; maybe they know what follows stinging and do it anyway.

Lewis Thomas

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

TimeBestDaySunKnowGeometry

To be interested solely in technique would be a very superficial thing to me.

Andrew Wyeth

MeWouldInterestedTechniqueVery

I couldn't wait to grow a mustache. I stopped shaving my upper lip the day I graduated from high school.

John Oates

DaySchoolWaitHigh SchoolGrow

To mankind in general Macbeth and Lady Macbeth stand out as the supreme type of all that a host and hostess should not be.

Max Beerbohm

StandLadyOutMankindHostSupreme

I want to learn how to play an instrument. I want to break a world record. I'm just a very determined, motivated type of person.

Alyson Stoner

WorldLearnPersonPlayWantBreak

I try not to worry about the future - so I take each day just one anxiety attack at a time.

Tom Wilson

FutureTimeDayAnxietyWorryTry

Some horror movies are just for shock value, so it doesn't really feel scary.

Michael Pena

ValueFeelMoviesHorrorScaryJust

I have a career, I worked so hard for it.

Mischa Barton

CareerHardWorked

NYC is a wonderland full of passionate music fans. Once I got over being intimidated by rock critics and finicky hipsters, I realized that NYC was a great place to play.

Lou Barlow

MusicGreatPlacePlayRockOver

I grew up in the South with my father; blues and country, that's always been my core. But I had it in me not to do what was expected. I wanted to find my own footing.

Lisa Marie Presley

FatherMeFindCountryBluesMy Own

'Johnny' was a coping mechanism who could take those things which could have ordinarily destroyed me, by tweaking my past and throwing it back out there, getting laughs from things that would have otherwise upset me.

Johnny Vegas

PastMeBackUpsetOutCoping

Journalism is straying into entertainment. The lines between serious news segments, news entertainment, and news comedy are blurring.

Drew Curtis

ComedyJournalismNewsSeriousLines

When actors have the opportunity to play a larger-than-life icon - my wife did it with Tina Turner, and Jamie Foxx did it with Ray Charles - you have to make a decision how you go in. What do you start with? Where do you begin?

Courtney B. Vance

OpportunityDecisionWifeStartYou

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