Elizabeth Marshall Thomas Quotes

Cats and dogs are a very good window into the natural world: a chance to see how another species lives and deals with its problems, what they like and what they don't like.

Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 13, 1931

Topics

GoodCatsWindowWorldChanceSee

I'm far from immune to the American, perhaps historically male, prejudice toward practical and physical competence; I hope I've also considered that prejudice enough to have some distance from it.

Robert Pinsky

HopeAmericanEnoughDistanceFar

Some people are born to lift heavy weights, some are born to juggle golden balls.

Max Beerbohm

PeopleBornLiftGoldenBallsHeavy

I'm a huge fan of Jack Lemmon, he was someone who managed to tread that line between comedy and tragedy and sometimes give very big performances, but they were never over-demonstrative and they were never not based on a kind of real truthful human being.

Steve Coogan

ComedySomeoneTragedySometimesBig

Some people, no matter how robust their stock portfolios or how healthy their children, are always mentally preparing for doom. They are just born worriers, their brains forever anticipating the dropping of some dreaded other shoe.

Robin Marantz Henig

ChildrenPeopleBornHealthyShoe

Let us ask ourselves, 'What kind of people do we think we are?' And let us answer, 'Free people, worthy of freedom and determined not only to remain so but to help others gain their freedom as well.'

Ronald Reagan

FreedomHelp OthersPeopleThinkAsk

Any urbanist has to appreciate New York City and the way it works. The public transit is astonishing.

Mick Cornett

New YorkCityAppreciateNewWay

My reputation for writing quickly and effortlessly notwithstanding, I am strongly in favor of intelligent, even fastidious revision, which is, or certainly should be, an art in itself.

Joyce Carol Oates

ArtI AmWritingReputationRevision

It's fun to be a little bit different in the world, to make a few new trails of your own.

Dennis Weaver

FunWorldNewLittleOwnDifferent

Seeing the light is a choice, not seeing the light is no choice.

Douglas Horton

LightSeeingChoiceNo Choice

We had to depend on other institutions to do research on our behalf. We had to use the information that already existed to craft the best practices to distribute throughout the country. And we had to do all of that in ten months.

DeForest Soaries

BestResearchInformationCountry

The beauty of our democracy lies in the American value of equality: if you vote, you have a seat at the table. If you speak, you have a chance to persuade others. A billionaire and a minimum wage earner have the same power at the ballot box.

Christine Pelosi

BeautyPowerValueEqualityChance

Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire.

Confucius

YourselfYouDesireOthersImpose

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