Lewis Thomas quotes
"The great thing about human language is that it prevents us from sticking to the matter at hand."
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"The cloning of humans is on most of the lists of things to worry about from Science, along with behaviour control, genetic engineering, transplanted heads, computer poetry and the unrestrained growth of plastic flowers."
"We are, perhaps, uniquely among the earth's creatures, the worrying animal. We worry away our lives, fearing the future, discont"
"We pass the word around we ponder how the case is put by different people, we read the poetry we meditate over the literature we"
"We are a spectacular, splendid manifestation of life. We have language. . . . We have affection We have genes for usefulness, an"
"Ants are so much like human beings as to be an embarrassment. They farm fungi, raise aphids as livestock, launch armies into war"
"The great thing about human language is that it prevents us from sticking to the matter at hand."
"The cloning of humans is on most of the lists of things to worry about from Science, along with behaviour control, genetic engin"