Vegetative Quotes

18 quotes by 16 authors

For an Apple is in it self a little Universe; the Seed, hotter than the other parts thereof, is its Sun, which diffuses about it… — Cyrano de Bergerac
The distinguishing of the strata, or layers, in the embryonic membrane was a turning-point in the study of the history of evolution, and placed later… — Karl Ernst von Baer
If the earth is man's extended body, to be loved and respected as one's own body, those who do no greening of themselves will hardly… — Alan Watts
Whatever seeds each man cultivates will grow to maturity and bear in him their own fruit. If they be vegetative, he will be like a… — Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
Lack of love for the vegetative, subtle, cthonic, pagan, and sexy aspect of the world means death. — Alan Watts
The question of how and why the encrustations and rigidifications of human emotional life are brought about led directly into the realm of vegetative life. — Wilhelm Reich
Digestion is quickly shut down during stressâ€¦The parasympathetic nervous system, perfect for all that calm, vegetative physiology, normally mediates the actions of digestion. Along comes… — Robert M. Sapolsky
Love was more than blind. It was deaf and dumb, too. It was catatonic. It was vegetative. — Francine Pascal
Virtuous people are simply those who have not been tempted sufficiently, because they live in a vegetative state, or because their purposes are so concentrated… — Isadora Duncan
Innate directs its vital energy through the nervous system to specialize the coordination and sensation and volition through the cumulative and vegetative functions. — Daniel D. Palmer
Right now, the economy is a whole lot like a fairly good-looking brain-dead chick in a persistent vegetative coma. You can't really wake her up,… — Cintra Wilson
The "stiff, dead, retracted pelvis" is one of man's most frequent vegetative disturbances. It is responsible for lumbago as well as for hemorrhoidal disturbances. Elsewhere,… — Wilhelm Reich
There are ten thousand people in the United States in a persistent vegetative state. Just enough to start a small town. Think of them as… — George Carlin
Nothing sweeter than to drag oneself along behind events; and nothing more reasonable. But without a strong dose of madness, no initiative, no enterprise, no… — Emile M. Cioran
In the animal world, on the other hand, the process of evolution is characterised by the progressive discrimination of the animal and vegetative functions, and… — Wilhelm Wundt
Present law has a process to ascertain whether or not a patient is in a persistent vegetative state, and it should not matter what politicians… — Bobby Scott
And then they sign an affidavit swearing that she's not in a vegetative stage. I'll tell you. That's a doctor you really want; they can… — Michael Schiavo
[voiceover on the phone continued from the beginning; intercut with some live-action dialogue] The permutations were endless. They tried again going to the source, but… — Primer

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