Quote by Lewis Thomas
The cloning of humans is on most of the lists of things to worry a

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. – Lewis Thomas

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We are, perhaps, uniquely among the earths creatures, the worrying animal. We worry away our lives, fearing the future, discontent with the present, unable to take in the idea of dying, unable to sit still. – Lewis Thomas

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Future
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The great secret of doctors, known only to their wives, but still hidden from the public, is that most things get better by themselves most things, in fact, are better in the morning. – Lewis Thomas

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great
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The central task of science is to arrive, stage by stage, at a clearer comprehension of nature, but this does not at all mean, as it is sometimes claimed to mean, a search for mastery over nature. – Lewis Thomas

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Poetry is a perfectly reasonable means of overcoming chaos. – I.A. Richards (1893–1979)

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Poetry

In Australia, not reading poetry is the national pastime. – Phyllis McGinley

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Poetry

The biggest problem is people are afraid of poetry, think they cant understand it or that it will be boring. – Caroline Kennedy

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Poetry

I believe that the short story is as different a form from the novel as poetry is, and the best stories seem to me to be perhaps closer in spirit to poetry than to novels. – Tobias Wolff

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Poetry

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The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek. – Joseph Campbell

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Fear

Mom and Dad would stay in bed on Sunday morning, but the kids would have to go to church. – Lynn Johnston

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dad

Reading means borrowing. – Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, Aphorisms

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Books

Insult is powerful. Insult begets both rage and humor and often at the same time. – Suzanne Fields

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Humor