Logo
Quote by Lewis Thomas
It is from the progeny of this parent cell that we all take our lo

It is from the progeny of this parent cell that we all take our looks we still share genes around, and the resemblance of the enzymes of grasses to those of whales is in fact a family resemblance. – Lewis Thomas

Other quotes by Lewis Thomas

I wont compare ants and people, but ants give us a useful model of how single members of a community can become so organized that they end up resembling, in effect, one big collective brain. Our own exploding population and communication technology are leading us that way. – Lewis Thomas

Category:
communication
Author
Lewis Thomas
Read Quote

Ants are so much like human beings as to be an embarrassment. They farm fungi, raise aphids as livestock, launch armies into war, use chemical sprays to alarm and confuse enemies, capture slaves, engage in child labour, exchange information ceaselessly. They do everything but watch television. – Lewis Thomas

Category:
War
Author
Lewis Thomas
Read Quote

I suggest that the introductory courses in science, at all levels from grade school through college, be radically revised. Leave the fundamentals, the so-called basics, aside for a while, and concentrate the attention of all students on the things that are not known. – Lewis Thomas

Category:
Science
Author
Lewis Thomas
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Family
category

Im a Republican. I dont want to go to heaven and have to face my family up there and tell them I voted for a Democrat. – T. Boone Pickens

Category:
Family

The details surrounding both my marriage and subsequent filing for divorce are private, and I had hoped to keep them that way for the sake of my family. – Eminem

Category:
Family

When trouble comes, its your family that supports you. – Guy Lafleur

Category:
Family

Family is conflict and its something that we all relate to. – Bill Cosby

Category:
Family

Random Quotes

Sometimes I have wrinkles, in the morning. It depends on what kind of night that I had. I accept myself and the way that I am growing older. I have eye bags and some people have proposed to me to take them out but I said no. – Antonio Banderas

Category:
Morning

Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one. – Marcus Aurelius

Category:
good

Alliances and international organizations should be understood as opportunities for leadership and a means to expand our influence, not as constraints on our power. – Chuck Hagel

Category:
Leadership

Gifts make their way through stone walls. – Proverb

Category:
Gifts