Lewis Thomas Quotes

It is a distortion, with something profoundly disloyal about it, to picture the human being as a teetering, fallible contraption, always needing watching and patching, always on the verge of flapping to pieces.

Lewis Thomas

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

PictureHumanWatchingAlwaysPieces

When you take a job, you don't just accept the pats on the back. You have to accept the kicks in the pants.

Joe Torre

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You cannot avoid war in life, you cannot avoid the fear of terrorism, you cannot avoid those things now, they are a part of everyday demeanor.

John Mayer

LifeFearWarYouNowEveryday

I'd like to record somewhere really different. Rent a really big house and get a mobile in and set up in the dining room. Maybe New England; it'd be nice in September or October.

Robert Smith

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Nobody disputes that cheap natural gas would be a good thing for the economy. The question is, is this a sustainable new development that can be counted on for decades to come, or simply a 'bubble' brought on by a land grab and drilling frenzy?

Jeff Goodell

GoodNobodyNewBubbleLandEconomy

I'm just a normal dude.

Stipe Miocic

NormalJustDude

Management gurus in general are, I think, best avoided. All too often they reduce your working life to a list of rules to be followed. Targets are aimed at. Goals kicked at. You then break the rules or forget them and, hey presto, you start beating yourself up.

Tom Hodgkinson

LifeGoalsBestYourselfStartYou

I was a college dropout, hitchhiking across the Midwest. That was part of the old, adventurous spirit.

Tom Brokaw

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My mother had morning sickness after I was born.

Rodney Dangerfield

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After I quit dancing, I tried a lot of jobs. But I could always bake.

Ron Ben-Israel

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The Span of Life is too short to be trifled away in unconcerning and unprofitable Matters.

Mary Astell

LifeLife Is Too ShortShortMatters

John Updike's first published book was a collection of poems.

Jonathan Galassi

BookFirstCollectionPoemsJohn

All of my records, I produced, put together completely. All of them. Maybe Drake might come with an idea, and I might finish it. You gotta remember what a producer is. Quincy Jones is a producer.

DJ Khaled

TogetherRememberYouFinishCome

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