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

Other quotes by Lewis Thomas

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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Family
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Our behavior toward each other is the strangest, most unpredictable, and most unaccountable of all the phenomena with which we are obliged to live. In all of nature, there is nothing so threatening to humanity as humanity itself. – Lewis Thomas

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Nature
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Survival, in the cool economics of biology, means simply the persistence of ones own genes in the generations to follow. – Lewis Thomas

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cool
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Other Quotes from
Future
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If you really want something you just hang with it. We think our futures ahead and not behind. – Jerry Only

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Future

I think the future also will not belong to those who are cynical or those who stand on the sidelines. – Paul Wellstone

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Future

The future and eternity are two entirely different things. – Doug Coupland

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Future

I havent been faithful to my own advice in the past. I will in the future. – Billy Graham

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Future

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A violet dusk slowly deepens, while bits of Tomorrow start sticking to the last pieces of Today. – Dr.SunWolf, 2015 tweet, professorsunwolf.com

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Night

You know you are getting old when it takes too much effort to procrastinate. – Author Unknown

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Procrastination

Mother Nature is the ultimate truth of the show must go on. – Terri Guillemets

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Nature