--- title: "19 Like Quotes By Mary Roach" description: "19 Like quotes by Mary Roach. Plus more from Mary Roach and more Like sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c6/mary-roach-635_boon_the-internet-is-a-boon-for-hypochondriac_1148748.png" --- > [The Internet is a boon for hypochondriacs like me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/the-internet-is-a-boon-for-hypochondriacs-like-me/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c6/mary-roach-635_boon_the-internet-is-a-boon-for-hypochondriac_1148748.png) > [If you get a colonoscopy, you should really insist they give you no drugs - then you do get to see what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/if-you-get-a-colonoscopy-you-should-really-insist-they-give-you-no/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12c/mary-roach-635_colonoscopy_if-you-get-a-colonoscopy-you-should-real_2373112.png) > [Spacewalking is a little like rock climbing in that everything, including and especially oneself, must be tethered or docked at all times.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/spacewalking-is-a-little-like-rock-climbing-in-that-everything/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f6/mary-roach-635_climbing_spacewalking-is-a-little-like-rock-climb_1443739.png) > [I dont fear death so much as I fear its prologues: loneliness, decrepitude, pain, debilitation, depression, senility. After a few years of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/i-dont-fear-death-so-much-as-i-fear-its-prologues-loneliness/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91c/mary-roach-635_after_i-dont-fear-death-so-much-as-i-fear-its_1355790.png) > [Pet foods come in a variety of flavors because that's what humans like, and we assume our pets like what we like.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/pet-foods-come-in-a-variety-of-flavors-because-that-s-what-humans/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/552/mary-roach-635_assume_pet-foods-come-in-a-variety-of-flavors-b_1524577.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) > [I talk to a lot of people who, when you try to sum them up in a couple of sentences, seem like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/i-talk-to-a-lot-of-people-who-when-you-try-to-sum-them-up-in-a-couple/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a8/mary-roach-635_couple_i-talk-to-a-lot-of-people-who-when-you-t_2648953.png) > [For the most part, if somebody approaches me and says, 'I'd like to interview you,' who am I to say no, when…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b0/mary-roach-635_am_for-the-most-part-if-somebody-approaches_25016.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 used to do my best thinking while staring out airplane windows. The seat-back video system put a stop to that. Now…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/i-used-to-do-my-best-thinking-while-staring-out-airplane-windows-the/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/540/mary-roach-635_again_i-used-to-do-my-best-thinking-while-star_2249884.jpg) > [There are fast chewers and slow chewers, long chewers and short chewers, right-chewing people and left-chewing people. Some of us chew straight…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/there-are-fast-chewers-and-slow-chewers-long-chewers-and-short/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2d/mary-roach-635_chew_there-are-fast-chewers-and-slow-chewers_2430051.png) > [Picking my topics is sort of a process of elimination for me. Most things don't work for me. I like to cover…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/picking-my-topics-is-sort-of-a-process-of-elimination-for-me-most/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ade/mary-roach-635_also_picking-my-topics-is-sort-of-a-process-o_2016784.jpg) > [I love words, but I also love finding out that there is a word for something that you've experienced but didn't know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/i-love-words-but-i-also-love-finding-out-that-there-is-a-word-for/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/62d/mary-roach-635_also_i-love-words-but-i-also-love-finding-out_1810619.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) > [Weightlessness was unbelievable. It's physical euphoria: Nothing about you has any weight. You don't realize that you are weighed down all the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/weightlessness-was-unbelievable-it-s-physical-euphoria-nothing-about/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6f/mary-roach-635_about_weightlessness-was-unbelievable-it-s-phy_2211215.png) > [I get really excited about specific therapies, personalized therapies. Like, let's say, taking a piece of someone's tumor and testing a bunch…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/i-get-really-excited-about-specific-therapies-personalized-therapies/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73c/mary-roach-635_able_i-get-really-excited-about-specific-ther_1652089.jpg) > [Dead people never seem to address the obvious - the things you'd think they'd be bursting to talk about, and the things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/dead-people-never-seem-to-address-the-obvious-the-things-you-d-think/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/972/mary-roach-635_about_dead-people-never-seem-to-address-the-ob_1916801.jpg) > [When I was a kid, I hated everything. I was really skinny, and I'd have a milkshake with an egg in it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/when-i-was-a-kid-i-hated-everything-i-was-really-skinny-and-i-d-have/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df6/mary-roach-635_adventurous_when-i-was-a-kid-i-hated-everything-i-wa_1545713.png) > [I think by and large, humans prefer to think of themselves as minds from the neck up. We don't really like to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/i-think-by-and-large-humans-prefer-to-think-of-themselves-as-minds/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95c/mary-roach-635_animal_i-think-by-and-large-humans-prefer-to-th_1386188.jpg) ## Other authors on Like ## 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/like/mary-roach/#itemlist", "name": "19 Like Quotes By Mary Roach", "numberOfItems": 19, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The Internet is a boon for hypochondriacs like me.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mary Roach" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/the-internet-is-a-boon-for-hypochondriacs-like-me/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c6/mary-roach-635_boon_the-internet-is-a-boon-for-hypochondriac_1148748.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c6/mary-roach-635_boon_the-internet-is-a-boon-for-hypochondriac_1148748.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c6/mary-roach-635_boon_the-internet-is-a-boon-for-hypochondriac_1148748.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The Internet is a boon for hypochondriacs like me.” — Mary Roach", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you get a colonoscopy, you should really insist they give you no drugs - then you do get to see what it's like to swim through your own intestines.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mary Roach" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/if-you-get-a-colonoscopy-you-should-really-insist-they-give-you-no/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12c/mary-roach-635_colonoscopy_if-you-get-a-colonoscopy-you-should-real_2373112.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12c/mary-roach-635_colonoscopy_if-you-get-a-colonoscopy-you-should-real_2373112.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12c/mary-roach-635_colonoscopy_if-you-get-a-colonoscopy-you-should-real_2373112.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If you get a colonoscopy, you should really insist they give you no drugs - then you do get to see what it's…” — Mary Roach", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Spacewalking is a little like rock climbing in that everything, including and especially oneself, must be tethered or docked at all times. 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