Lewis Thomas Quotes

We can take some gratification at having come a certain distance in just a few thousand years of our existence as language users, but it should be a deeper satisfaction, even an exhilaration, to recognize that we have such a distance still to go.

Lewis Thomas

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LanguageSatisfactionDistanceGo

If I tell you a story, you can choose to believe me, or you can question it.

John Burnside

MeBelieveStoryYouChooseTell

There are so many male models who are working in high fashion, and they are broke. It's good to be a woman.

Andreja Pejic

GoodWomanFashionHighWorkingWho

I had very few friends. We always ate dinner with our parents. We didn't want to go out. American adolescence was a lot wilder than I would have felt comfortable with.

Maya Lin

ParentsDinnerAmericanFriendsWant

You need cliches. Cliches are what people respond to.

Matthew Vaughn

PeopleYouNeedRespondCliches

Do I take alternative points of view? Yes, because all the media are going in another direction.

Roger Ailes

DirectionViewMediaYesTakeGoing

My dad died, and he wasn't in my life because he had schizophrenia, so it's been something that my entire family has been fighting against since I can remember.

Rose Namajunas

LifeFamilyFightingMy LifeI Can

I like having peace and quiet in my life, and I am perfectly happy in my relationships.

Loni Love

LifePeaceI AmHappyMy LifeQuiet

It is quite understandable that Puerto Ricans seek to preserve a cultural sense of identity without separating politically from U.S. national sovereignty.

Dick Thornburgh

IdentityWithoutSeekSovereignty

Age should not have its face lifted, but it should rather teach the world to admire wrinkles as the etchings of experience and the firm line of character.

Clarence Day

AgeCharacterExperienceWorldFace

I used to hate looking in the mirror. I've grown up into myself and now I'm happy with the way I look.

Ashley Tisdale

MirrorMyselfHateHappyLookingUp

If it's total freedom, I guess the ultimate thing you can go into is total silence between the audience and performer, with the performer projecting something he doesn't even have to play.

Alice Cooper

FreedomSilenceYouPlayGoEven

Bedside manners are no substitute for the right diagnosis.

Alfred P. Sloan

MannersRightDiagnosisSubstitute

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