"I would send the complete works of Johann……" — Lewis Thomas
"I would send the complete works of Johann Sebastian Bach into outer space on the Voyager spacecraft. But that would be boasting."
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130 Quotes by Lewis Thomas
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When committees gather, each member is necessarily an actor, uncontrollably acting out the part of himself, reading the lines that…
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Animals, even plants, lie to each other all the time, and we could restrict the research to them, putting off…
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The human brain is the most public organ on the face of the earth, open to everything, sending out messages…
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I cannot think of a single field in biology or medicine in which we can claim genuine understanding, and it…
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Cats are a standing rebuke to behavioral scientists wanting to know how the minds of animals work. The mind of…
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I am entitled to say, if I like, that awareness exists in all the individual creatures on the planet-worms, sea…
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I do not understand modern physics at all, but my colleagues who know a lot about the physics of very…
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It is in our genes to understand the universe if we can, to keep trying even if we cannot, and…
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The overwhelming astonishment, the queerest structure we know about so far in the whole universe, the greatest of all cosmological…
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It is the very strangeness of nature that makes science engrossing. That ought to be at the center of science…
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It is not so bad being ignorant if you are totally ignorant; the hard thing is knowing in some detail…
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Chemical waste products are the droppings of science.
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More Bach Quotes
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one of 137 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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That's why it's called Sebastian Bach. I mean, it's a permanent band, pretty much, but if I jam with other…
— Sebastian Bach
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It may be that when the angels go about their task praising God, they play only Bach. I am sure,…
— Karl Barth
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If Beethoven and Bach hooked up with Mozart and made a band, they could be a distant runner up to…
— Jack Black
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When you hear Bach or Mozart, you hear perfection. Remember that Bach, Mozart and Beethoven were great improvisers. I can…
— Dave Brubeck
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On Saturday afternoons when all the things are done in the house and there's no real work to be done,…
— Maya Angelou
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And I believe that the Binomial Theorem and a Bach Fugue are, in the long run, more important than all…
— James Hilton
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Jesus never heard of Beethoven and Bach. Why aren't we playing more country music in church ?
— Unknown Author
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Science would not be what it is if there had not been a Galileo, a Newton or a Lavoisier, any…
— Unknown Author
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Never hesitate to imitate another writer. Imitation is part of the creative process for anyone learning an art or a…
— William Zinsser
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The author's conviction on this day of New Year is that music begins to atrophy when it departs too far…
— Ezra Pound
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I would rather play Chiquita Banana and have my swimming pool than play Bach and starve.
— Unknown Author
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The great composer does not set to work because he is inspired, but becomes inspired because he is working. Beethoven,…
— Ernest Newman
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