Quotes
Quotes - Thomas
'T is said that absence conquers love;
But oh believe it not!
I've tried, alas! its power to prove,
But thou art not forgot.
'Tis said that absence conquers love; But oh! believe it not I've tried, alas! its power to prove, But thou art not forgot.
Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.
My education was the liberty I had to read indiscriminately and all the time, with my eyes hanging out.
Sometimes the best helping hand you can give is a good, firm push.
The great secret of doctors, known only to their wives, but still hidden from the public, is that most things get better by themselves; most things, in fact, are better in the morning.
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.
The one thing over which you have absolute control is your own thoughts. It is this that puts you in a position to control your own destiny.
I follow my law and fulfil it all duly--and look! when your doubt runneth high-- North points to the needle!
I tell people I'm too stupid to know what's impossible. I have ridiculously large dreams, and half the time they come true.
One of the things about equality is not just that you be treated equally to a man, but that you treat yourself equally to the way you treat a man.
I feel that the most important step in any major accomplishment is setting a specific goal. This enables you to keep your mind focused on your goal and off the many obstacles that will arise when you're striving to do your best.
Light breaks where no sun shines; / Where no sea runs, the waters of the heart / Push in their tides. -Dylan Thomas.
The function of posterity is to look after itself.
Why is it that wherever I go, the resident idiot heads straight for me?
Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
18 straight whiskies - I think that's a record.
The simple lack of her is more to me than others' presence.
Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Ne'er take a wife till thou hast a house (and a fire) to put her in.
If you want a symbolic gesture, don't burn the flag; wash it.
Once you have heard the lark, known the swish of feet through hill-top grass and smelt the earth made ready for the seed, you are never again going to be fully happy about the cities and towns that man carries like a crippling weight upon his back.
Peace is a two way road of conflict and compromise.
A good poem is a contribution to reality. The world is never the same once a good poem has been added to it. A good poem helps to change the shape of the universe, helps to extend everyone's knowledge of himself and the world around him.
Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
