--- title: "14 Your Quotes By Mary Roach" description: "14 Your quotes by Mary Roach. Plus more from Mary Roach and more Your sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db6/mary-roach-635_because_every-now-and-then-someone-will-tell-me_57158.png" --- > [Every now and then, someone will tell me that one of my books has made them laugh out loud. I never believe…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db6/mary-roach-635_because_every-now-and-then-someone-will-tell-me_57158.png) > [Follow your instincts. Do the kind of writing you love to do and do best. 'Stiff' was an oddball book - I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/follow-your-instincts-do-the-kind-of-writing-you-love-to-do-and-do/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/962/mary-roach-635_about_follow-your-instincts-do-the-kind-of-wri_2496293.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) > [Science is you! It's your head, it's your dog, it's your iPhone - it's the world. How do you see that as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/science-is-you-it-s-your-head-it-s-your-dog-it-s-your-iphone-it-s-the/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/36b/mary-roach-635_because_science-is-you-it-s-your-head-it-s-your_672304.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) > [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) > [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) > [Eighty percent of flavor comes from your nose, including a set of internal nostrils. When you chew food and hold it in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/eighty-percent-of-flavor-comes-from-your-nose-including-a-set-of/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6c/mary-roach-635_chew_eighty-percent-of-flavor-comes-from-your_475708.png) > [My husband recently made me try on a bikini. A bikini is not so much a garment as a cloth-based reminder that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/my-husband-recently-made-me-try-on-a-bikini-a-bikini-is-not-so-much-a/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/285/mary-roach-635_been_my-husband-recently-made-me-try-on-a-bik_1732827.png) > [We exist in this weirdly schizo culture, where sex is everywhere in the media, and yet, at the same time, you don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/we-exist-in-this-weirdly-schizo-culture-where-sex-is-everywhere-in/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/096/mary-roach-635_about_we-exist-in-this-weirdly-schizo-culture_976259.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) > [To keep your he-man jaw muscles from smashing your precious teeth, the only set you have, the body evolved an automated braking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/to-keep-your-he-man-jaw-muscles-from-smashing-your-precious-teeth-the/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/012/mary-roach-635_anything_to-keep-your-he-man-jaw-muscles-from-sma_885707.jpg) > [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 spend a lot of my time on the phone, pestering people. 'What's new in your lab? Can I come visit your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/i-spend-a-lot-of-my-time-on-the-phone-pestering-people-what-s-new-in/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/368/mary-roach-635_basically_i-spend-a-lot-of-my-time-on-the-phone-pe_385943.png) ## Other authors on Your ## 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/your/mary-roach/#itemlist", "name": "14 Your Quotes By Mary Roach", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Every now and then, someone will tell me that one of my books has made them laugh out loud. 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