Quote

Once you have become permanently startled, as I am, by the realization that we are a social species, you tend to keep an eye out for the pieces of evidence that this is, by and large, good for us.

— Lewis Thomas

Sentiment: POSITIVE

←Previous Next→

✓Similar Perspectives

I guess I'm just quite observant and I pay attention to a lot of things. Human behavior really fascinates me.

— Ellie Goulding

Association with human beings lures one into self-observation.

— Franz Kafka

If you could hear the insane stuff going on in my head, it would scare the hell out of you. Probably. Or fascinate you. Depends on how easily you're startled, I guess.

— Jenny Lawson

I'm always astonished to see how badly people can behave when they think no one is noticing.

— Diane Mott Davidson

There is a fascination with fear. It grabs our attention.

— Bernard Beckett

Get more confidence by doing things that excite and frighten you.

— Jessica Williams

Our thinking and our behaviour are always in anticipation of a response. It is therefore fear-based.

— Deepak Chopra

There will be, I think, an attempt to grasp again the surprise and accidents of nature and a more intimate and sympathetic study of its moods, together with a renewed wonder and humility on the part of such as are still capable of these basic reactions.

— Edward Hopper

We're highly social animals - I'm told by scientists that what makes us different from other animals is an acute social awareness, which is what has made us so successful.

— Alan Alda

One of the reasons why so few of us ever act, instead of react, is because we are continually stifling our deepest impulses.

— Henry Miller

✗Opposing Perspectives

No opposing quotes found.