To me, NASA is kind of the magical kingdom. I was sort of a geek, and you go there, and there are… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
There are people who would love to spend their last ten years, or five years, or whatever it is, on the surface… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
I talk to a lot of people who, when you try to sum them up in a couple of sentences, seem like… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
Astronauts are like these mythic legends, but really, they are just regular people, people who wear chinos. — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
Literally thousands of e-mails over the course of a book go out to people I've never met, people who might end up… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
Many people will find this book disrespectful. There is nothing amusing about being dead, they will say. Ah, but there is. — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
People are vomiting unrealistically in movies, and something must be done about it. — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
I didn't really realize that writing... would be fun and people would pay you to do it. Being an astronaut is a… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
Sharing a room with a cadaver is only mildly different from being in a room alone. They are the same sort of… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
Eighty percent of flavor comes from your nose, including a set of internal nostrils. When you chew food and hold it in… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
I'm always imposing my taste in books on others. I hope that people enjoy being surprised by a book they might not… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
I don't write on topics that require a lot of urgency. But in 'Stiff,' I wanted to change people's hearts about organ… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
I spend a lot of my time on the phone, pestering people. 'What's new in your lab? Can I come visit your… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
People are surprisingly off put just by saliva, the substance that you carry around in your mouth. You swallow it. You have… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
Most of the people who are engaged in the subjects that I look into are pretty interesting. Whether its sex researchers or… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
Dead people never seem to address the obvious - the things you'd think they'd be bursting to talk about, and the things… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
It is astounding to me, and achingly sad, that with eighty thousand people on the waiting list for donated hearts and livers… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
In 'Packing for Mars,' I tried to convey the importance of getting young people interested in science. — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
People don't appreciate their intestines until something goes wrong. But I always hope that people gain a little appreciation for their guts. — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
It is interesting to come across people who feel that a ghost communicating via a spell-checker is less far-fetched than a software… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
Everybody is going to die, so people are enthralled by the possibility that they don't have to completely die, that there is… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
There are fast chewers and slow chewers, long chewers and short chewers, right-chewing people and left-chewing people. Some of us chew straight… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
I think that the women's magazines and a lot of those quick tips for better sex, I think that they do people… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
There are three kinds of people in this world: 1) People who make lists, 2) People who don't make lists, and 3)… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
Every crazy fad from the 1800s comes back or they never go away. It's like fashion, like everything's already been invented, and… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
I don't know of many people who've done sex research with an eye toward people saying sex is bad for you, except… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
“Rawson points out that although snakes can’t taste, they have a primitive sense of smell. They’ll extend their tongue to gather volatile molecules and… — Mary Roach Copy Share
“As the number of Inuit who hunt has dwindled, so has the consumption of organs (and other anatomy not available for purchase at the… — Mary Roach Copy Share
For the most part, if somebody approaches me and says, 'I'd like to interview you,' who am I to say no, when I spend… — Mary Roach Copy Share
“If you look at survivable crashes, it’s rare that even half the emergency exits open,” says Shanahan. “Plus, there’s a lot of panic and… — Mary Roach Copy Share
“…he was doing a breath hydrogen test. If you know the amount of hydrogen someone is exhaling orally, it's a simple matter to extrapolate… — Mary Roach Copy Share
“Viagra isn't the only drug being prescribed off-label for women with arousal problems. Los Angeles urologist Jennifer Berman told me some doctors are prescribing… — Mary Roach Copy Share
Sharing a room with a cadaver is only mildly different from being in a room alone. They are the same sort of company as… — Mary Roach Copy Share
Every now and then, someone will tell me that one of my books has made them laugh out loud. I never believe them because:… — Mary Roach Copy Share
“panel applicants at the initial screening were asked not only to describe the cat foods but also to rate them according to how much… — Mary Roach Copy Share
“* Kissing is a less aggressive form of bacterial transplant. Studies of three different gingivitis-causing bacteria have documented migration from spouse to spouse. Periodontically… — Mary Roach Copy Share
“Nirlungayuk reached a similar conclusion. I tracked him down, seventeen years later, and asked him what the outcome of his country-foods campaign had been.… — Mary Roach Copy Share
Astronauts are like these mythic legends, but really, they are just regular people, people who wear chinos. — Mary Roach Copy Share
“Olive trees grow in the same climate and soil conditions as grapes. The olive oil people have been up in Napa Valley all along,… — Mary Roach Copy Share
“A patient on the way to surgery travels at twice the speed of a patient on the way to the morgue. Gurneys that ferry… — Mary Roach Copy Share
