--- title: "10 Just Quotes By Mary Roach" description: "10 Just quotes by Mary Roach. Plus more from Mary Roach and more Just sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/067/mary-roach-635_am_i-m-not-a-quick-wit-i-m-only-funny-on-pa_375748.png" --- > [I'm not a quick wit. I'm only funny on paper. I mean, I'm not totally humorless! It's just that in person, I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/i-m-not-a-quick-wit-i-m-only-funny-on-paper-i-mean-i-m-not-totally/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/067/mary-roach-635_am_i-m-not-a-quick-wit-i-m-only-funny-on-pa_375748.png) > [Fletcherizing is gross. I tried it once. I tried to go until it's all liquid, and it just creeps you out to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/fletcherizing-is-gross-i-tried-it-once-i-tried-to-go-until-it-s-all/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb0/mary-roach-635_chewing_fletcherizing-is-gross-i-tried-it-once-i_675009.png) > [A fine book, in the perfect setting, when there's all the time in the world to read it: Life holds greater joys,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/a-fine-book-in-the-perfect-setting-when-there-s-all-the-time-in-the/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a77/mary-roach-635_book_a-fine-book-in-the-perfect-setting-when_534848.png) > [I've always been a bit of a space geek. I wrote an article years ago about the neutral buoyancy tank, which is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/i-ve-always-been-a-bit-of-a-space-geek-i-wrote-an-article-years-ago/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5d/mary-roach-635_about_i-ve-always-been-a-bit-of-a-space-geek-i_2213087.png) > [Astronauts are like these mythic legends, but really, they are just regular people, people who wear chinos.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/astronauts-are-like-these-mythic-legends-but-really-they-are-just/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/971/mary-roach-635_astronauts_astronauts-are-like-these-mythic-legends_80447.png) > [There are three kinds of people in this world: 1) People who make lists, 2) People who don't make lists, and 3)…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/there-are-three-kinds-of-people-in-this-world-1-people-who-make-lists/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15d/mary-roach-635_carve_there-are-three-kinds-of-people-in-this_1028734.png) > [Everybody is going to die, so people are enthralled by the possibility that they don't have to completely die, that there is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/everybody-is-going-to-die-so-people-are-enthralled-by-the-possibility/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bcd/mary-roach-635_afterwards_everybody-is-going-to-die-so-people-are_1876898.png) > [I don't read good books anymore, it seems; I just buy them and put them on the shelf and every now and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/i-don-t-read-good-books-anymore-it-seems-i-just-buy-them-and-put-them/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f2f/mary-roach-635_anymore_i-don-t-read-good-books-anymore-it-seems_2755054.png) > [Any time you can take a book a little beyond the realm of pure entertainment, I think it's a good thing. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/any-time-you-can-take-a-book-a-little-beyond-the-realm-of-pure/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f5/mary-roach-635_a-good-thing_any-time-you-can-take-a-book-a-little-be_2459584.png) > [People are surprisingly off put just by saliva, the substance that you carry around in your mouth. You swallow it. You have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/people-are-surprisingly-off-put-just-by-saliva-the-substance-that-you/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8d/mary-roach-635_around_people-are-surprisingly-off-put-just-by_788452.png) ## Other authors on Just ## More by Mary Roach > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/rawson-points-out-that-although-snakes-can-t-taste-they-have-a/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) > [“As the number of Inuit who hunt has dwindled, so has the consumption of organs (and other anatomy not available for purchase at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/as-the-number-of-inuit-who-hunt-has-dwindled-so-has-the-consumption/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/for-the-most-part-if-somebody-approaches-me-and-says-i-d-like-to/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) > [To me, death is dark, pain, grief.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/to-me-death-is-dark-pain-grief/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/if-you-look-at-survivable-crashes-it-s-rare-that-even-half-the/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) > [“…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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/he-was-doing-a-breath-hydrogen-test-if-you-know-the-amount-of/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/viagra-isn-t-the-only-drug-being-prescribed-off-label-for-women-with/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) > [Sharing a room with a cadaver is only mildly different from being in a room alone. They are the same sort of company as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/sharing-a-room-with-a-cadaver-is-only-mildly-different-from-being-in/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) > [Every now and then, someone will tell me that one of my books has made them laugh out loud. I never believe them because:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/every-now-and-then-someone-will-tell-me-that-one-of-my-books-has-made/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) > [“panel applicants at the initial screening were asked not only to describe the cat foods but also to rate them according to how much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/panel-applicants-at-the-initial-screening-were-asked-not-only-to/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) > [“\* Kissing is a less aggressive form of bacterial transplant. Studies of three different gingivitis-causing bacteria have documented migration from spouse to spouse. Periodontically…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/kissing-is-a-less-aggressive-form-of-bacterial-transplant-studies-of/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) > [“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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/nirlungayuk-reached-a-similar-conclusion-i-tracked-him-down-seventeen/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) > [Astronauts are like these mythic legends, but really, they are just regular people, people who wear chinos.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/astronauts-are-like-these-mythic-legends-but-really-they-are-just/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) > [“Olive trees grow in the same climate and soil conditions as grapes. The olive oil people have been up in Napa Valley all along,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/olive-trees-grow-in-the-same-climate-and-soil-conditions-as-grapes/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) > [“A patient on the way to surgery travels at twice the speed of a patient on the way to the morgue. Gurneys that ferry…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/a-patient-on-the-way-to-surgery-travels-at-twice-the-speed-of-a/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/just/mary-roach/#itemlist", "name": "10 Just Quotes By Mary Roach", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm not a quick wit. I'm only funny on paper. I mean, I'm not totally humorless! 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