Lewis Thomas Quotes

Well, biology today as I see it has an amiable look - quite different from the 19th-century view that the whole arrangement of nature is hostile, 'red in tooth and claw.' That came about because people misread Darwin's 'survival of the fittest.'

Lewis Thomas

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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Matthew 7:16 tells us that by their fruits you shall know them. Donald Trump's life has borne fruit, fruit that has provided jobs to multitudes of people in addition to the many he has helped with his generosity.

Jerry Falwell, Jr.

LifePeopleGenerosityFruitYouUs

Too many people struggled, suffered, and died to make it possible for every American to exercise their right to vote.

John Lewis

PeopleAmericanExercisePossible

Public emergencies may require the hand of severity to fall heavily on those who are not personally guilty, but compassion prompts, and ever urges to milder methods.

Mercy Otis Warren

CompassionFallGuiltyHandMayWho

The more original something is, the more of a threat it seems until the people catch up with it. That happened with Thelonious Monk. It happened with anybody who is really original.

Steve Lacy

PeopleMoreUpMonkCatchSomething

I am so old-fashioned. I've never lived with a man. I am completely about the independence of paying my own rent.

Suheir Hammad

ManI AmIndependenceMy OwnNever

Music can affect for good or ill the body as well as the mind.

Tomas Luis de Victoria

GoodMusicMindBodyAffectWell

I've got crap teeth, crap hair. I never have facials. I still have hairs in the middle of my eyebrows.

Roisin Murphy

HairTeethNeverEyebrowsMiddle

India is and will remain an important strategic growth market for the Volkswagen Group. We are convinced that VW will take on a key role in the Indian automobile market in the long-term.

Martin Winterkorn

GrowthKeyIndiaImportantGroup

Getting comfortable again and being in a vocal booth on the opposite end of the spectrum, when you're normally the one tracking the vocals, is kind of scary.

Mija

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Finally, treat domestic energy production as the economic necessity it is and the job creator it can be. Drill, and frack, and lease, and license, unleash in every way the jobs potential in the enormous energy resources we have been denying ourselves.

Mitch Daniels

JobTreatEnergyPotentialWay

To put up a show is to face life's injustices with one of the few weapons available to a desperate and brave people, their imagination.

Luigi Barzini

LifeImaginationPeopleBraveFace

What is blackness? Is it the way you talk? Do you got to say, 'Dey this, dey dat.' Or the way you dress? Or is it the forgiving of certain things? What is black enough?

Douglas Wilder

DressBlackEnoughYouSayWay

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