Quote by Lewis Thomas
We are, perhaps, uniquely among the earths creatures, the worrying

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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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

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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. – Lewis Thomas

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Poetry
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It is only when you watch the dense mass of thousands of ants, crowded together around the Hill, blackening the ground, that you begin to see the whole beast, and now you observe it thinking, planning, calculating. It is an intelligence, a kind of live computer, with crawling bits for its wits. – Lewis Thomas

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Knowledge about the economy, ideas about capitalism and government, the future of the world and geopolitics were things I was never really interested in. – Shia LaBeouf

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Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present. – Albert Camus

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If younger people see older people who havent planned ahead and have to rely on charity, the young will be more likely to provide for the future. Today when someone plans poorly, the only consequence people see is a demand for more government. – Harry Browne

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School is practice for the future, and practice makes perfect. But nobodys perfect, so why practice? – Billie Joe Armstrong

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