Lewis Thomas Quotes:
Ocupation: Physician
Life: November 25, 1913 - December 3, 1993
Birthday: November 25
Death: December 3
Given the opportunity, under the right conditions, two cells from wildly different sources, a yeast cell, say, and a chicken erythrocyte, will touch, fuse, and the two nuclei will then fuse as well, and the new hybrid cell will now divide into monstrous progeny. Naked cells, lacking self-respect, do not seem to have any sense of self.
source: Lewis Thomas (1990). “A Long Line of Cells Collected Essays”
topic: Opportunity, Two, Self, Hybrid, Progeny, Fuse
