James Thomson Quotations

Statues and pictures and verse may be grand, But they are not the Life for which they stand.

Health is the vital principle of bliss, and exercise, of health.

I know no subject more elevating, more amazing, more ready to the poetical enthusiasm, the philosophical reflection, and the moral sentiment than the works of nature. Where can we meet such variety, such beauty, such magnificence?

But who can paint like Nature? Can imagination boast, amid its gay creation, hues like hers?

Peace is the happy natural state of man; war is corruption and disgrace.

Tis easier for the generous to forgive, than for offence to ask it.

More firm and sure the hand of courage strikes, when it obeys the watchful eye of caution.

The world rolls round forever like a mill; it grinds out death and life and good and ill; it has no purpose, heart or mind or will.

For life is but a dream whose shapes return, some frequently, some seldom, some by night and some by day.

That which makes people dissatisfied with their condition, is the chimerical idea they form of the happiness of others

Rule, Britannia, rule the waves; Britons never will be slaves.

I think a bishop who doesn't give offence to anyone is probably not a good bishop.

Base Envy withers at another's joy,/ And hates that excellence it cannot reach.

I find no hint throughout the Universe/ Of good or ill, of blessing or of curse/ I find alone Necessity Supreme.

Give a man a horse he can ride, give a man a boat he can sail; and his rank and wealth, his strength and health on sea nor shore shall fail.

If Wisconsin is perceived as an environment that is anti- science, it's going to damage our state, ... This bill has the potential to do that.

Hail! Independence, hail! Heaven's next best gift, To that of life and an immortal soul!

We've been optimizing (culture) media on the existing stem cell lines since 1998, but it has only been recently that there have been dramatic improvements. This is the first time it has been possible for us to derive new cell lines in completely defined conditions in medium that completely lacks animal products.

So stands the statue that enchants the world,/ So bending tries to veil the matchless boast,/ The mingled beauties of exulting Greece.

See, Winter comes to rule the varied year.

A little, round, fat, oily man of God.

This is the first time is has been possible for us to derive new cell lines in completely defined conditions in medium that completely lacks animal products.

A lucky chance, that oft decides the fate/ Of mighty monarchs.

Although the creation of this center is very important, I hope that NIH will ultimately decide to fund additional similar centers across the United States to support this rapidly expanding field,

It really does limit what we can do. If the restrictions were removed, we could use these cells much more broadly.

Forever, Fortune, wilt thou prove/ An unrelenting foe to love;/ And when we meet a mutual heart,/ Come in between and bid us part?

His earnings go up and down depending on what he wants to do.

But yonder comes the powerful king of day,/ Rejoicing in the east.

Human embryonic stem cells give researchers reliable access to these neurons for the first time, and it will now be possible to perform experiments to unravel why these neurons die in Parkinson's.

Gather the rose buds while ye may, old time is still a flying, And that same flower that blooms today, tomorrow shall be dying

Your woe hath been my anguish; yea, I quail And perish in your perishing unblest. And I have searched the highths and depths, the scope Of all our universe, with desperate hope To find some solace for your wild unrest.