The uniformity of earth's life, more astonishing than its diversity, is accountable by the high probability that we derived, originally, from some single cell, fertilized in a bolt of lightning as the earth cooled.

Quote by Lewis Thomas

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If you want to use a cliche you must take full responsibility for it yourself...

If you want to use a cliche you must take full responsibility for it yourself...

It is from the progeny of this parent cell that we all take our looks;...

It is from the progeny of this parent cell that we all take our looks;...

Human language... prevents us from sticking to the matter at hand.

Human language... prevents us from sticking to the matter at hand.

The great secret of doctors, known only to their wives, but still hidden from the...

The great secret of doctors, known only to their wives, but still hidden from the...

The uniformity of earth's life, more astonishing than its diversity, is accountable by the high...

The uniformity of earth's life, more astonishing than its diversity, is accountable by the high...

We are, perhaps, uniquely among the earth's creatures, the worrying animal. We worry away our...

We are, perhaps, uniquely among the earth's creatures, the worrying animal. We worry away our...

We are, perhaps, uniquely among the earth's creatures, the worrying animal. We worry away our...

We are, perhaps, uniquely among the earth's creatures, the worrying animal. We worry away our...

It hurts the spirit, somehow, to read the word environments, when the plural means that...

It hurts the spirit, somehow, to read the word environments, when the plural means that...

It is from the progeny of this parent cell that we all take our looks;...

It is from the progeny of this parent cell that we all take our looks;...

Your idol is shattered in the dust to prove that God's dust is greater than...

Your idol is shattered in the dust to prove that God's dust is greater than...

The baby is fine. The only problem is that he looks like Edward G. Robinson.

The baby is fine. The only problem is that he looks like Edward G. Robinson.

You know, more children die under the age of five when the parents are not...

You know, more children die under the age of five when the parents are not...

Government, obviously, cannot fill a child's emotional needs. Nor can it fill his spiritual and...

Government, obviously, cannot fill a child's emotional needs. Nor can it fill his spiritual and...

Growing up, I was the plain one. I had no style. I was the tough...

Growing up, I was the plain one. I had no style. I was the tough...

I prefer peace. But if trouble must come, let it come in my time, so...

I prefer peace. But if trouble must come, let it come in my time, so...

Children are the hands by which we take hold of heaven.

Children are the hands by which we take hold of heaven.

I was told stories, we were all told stories as kids in Nigeria. We had...

I was told stories, we were all told stories as kids in Nigeria. We had...

Our children await Christmas presents like politicians getting in election returns: there's the Uncle Fred...

Our children await Christmas presents like politicians getting in election returns: there's the Uncle Fred...

Children see magic because they look for it.

Children see magic because they look for it.

A two-year old is kind of like having a blender, but you don't have a...

A two-year old is kind of like having a blender, but you don't have a...

My mother used to pitch to me and my father would shag balls. If I...

My mother used to pitch to me and my father would shag balls. If I...

There is no greater reason for children to honour parents than for parents to honour...

There is no greater reason for children to honour parents than for parents to honour...