Preston Cloud quotes

Preston Cloud quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“One amino acid does not a protein make-let alone a being.”
-- Preston Cloud

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“The gossamer web of life, spun on the loom of sunlight from the breath of an infant Earth, is nature's crowning achievement on this planet.”
-- Preston Cloud

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“Life, to be sure, is nothing much to lose, But young men think it is, and we were young.”

Source : More Poems (1936) no. 36
“Gratitude is something of which none of us can give too much. For on the smiles, the thanks we give, our little gestures of appreciation, our neighbors build their philosophy of life.”
“I could sell used battery acid and make it fly.”
“In life they're not going to serve you lemons, they're going to serve you lemonade; and I don't really like lemonade because I've got a really bad acid reflux.”
“I'm at the age where I don't need an acid trip to feel naked... to feel that I don't exist. Now a self-portrait is almost a reminder to me that I do exist.”
“Every living creature is the son of the supreme Lord, and He does not tolerate even ants being killed”
“You have no control over what the other guy does. You only have control over what you do.”
“While other creators make a big show of their art Mani Sir makes it look as though anyone can do what he does.”
“If some hole does not possess striking individuality through some gift of nature, it must be given as much as possible artificially, and the artifice must be introduced in so subtle a manner as to make it seem natural.”
“She who means no mischief does it all.”

Source : Aaron Hill, Urania Hill Johnson (1754). “Poems”, p.135

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