Corpses Quote by Heraclitus Download Open image “Corpses are more fit to be thrown out than is dung.” — Heraclitus ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.4 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Corpses Fit Thrown
It is my opinion that a man's soul may be buried and perish under a dung-heap, or in a furrow field, just as well… — Nathaniel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
Nothing is more detestable to the physical anthropologist than... the wretched habit of cremating the dead. It involves not only a prodigal waste of… — Earnest Hooton Copy Share Image
“We’ll let the B and E slide,” Quirk said. “But corpses keep showing up in your area, we might cite you for littering.” — Robert B. Parker Copy Share Image
“When you get right down to it, there is no dignified way to go, be it decomposition, incineration, dissection, tissue digestion, or composting. They're… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
“Why do we bury our dead?” His nose was dented in at the bridge like a sphinx; the cause of which I could only… — Yvonne Woon Copy Share Image
“Left to their own devices, human bodies rot, decompose, come apart, and sink gloriously back into the earth from whence they came. Using embalming… — Caitlin Doughty Copy Share Image
But that was in the days when they expected perils to come from without, and nothing made less sense by that time than a… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
Cow and horse dung, as muckgoes, are relatively agreeable. You can even become nostalgic about them. They smell of fermented grain, and on the… — John Berger Copy Share Image
Cadavers and spirits are human refuse, and they are absurdly difficult to dispose of properly. When someone dies, a small gang of specialists is… — Michael Cisco Copy Share Image
Those unmindful when they hear, for all they make of their intelligence, may be regarded as the walking dead. — Heraclitus Copy Share Image
Men who are lovers of wisdom [i.e., philosophers] must be inquirers into many things. — Heraclitus Copy Share Image
We do not step in the same river twice, for the waters have moved on and we too have changed. — Heraclitus Copy Share Image
My specialties are corpses, unconscious people and people snoring in spectacular epics. — Gig Young Copy Share Image
The enemy? His sense of duty was no less than yours, I deem. You wonder what his name is, where he came from. And… — J. R. R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
Of course I think it's a movie for everybody [Insane Farting Corpse], but that's probably just because it's a movie for me. — Paul Dano Copy Share Image
René of Anjou [(1409-80)] painted a picture of his mistress's corpse as he found it eaten by worms on having it [her tomb] openedon… — Horace Walpole Copy Share Image
Religion exalts mystery as an unknowable secret that must be sealed in glass like the corpse of an enchanted princess and fearfully worshipped from… — Lon Milo DuQuette Copy Share Image
Why exactly are we so frightened of death that we avoid looking at it altogether? Somewhere, deep down, we know we cannot avoid facing… — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
The government increasingly resembles somebody who is trying to give the kiss of life to a corpse. — Vince Cable Copy Share Image
“You and I are victims of the same disease. We're fighting the same war, just different battles in different theaters, and it's way too… — Isaac Marion Copy Share Image
Alas, poor Yorick! How surprised he would be to see how his counterpart of today is whisked off to a funeral parlor and is… — Jessica Mitford Copy Share Image
Reread, rewrite, reread, rewrite. If it still doesn't work, throw it away. It's a nice feeling, and you don't want to be cluttered with… — Helen Dunmore Copy Share Image
Reading the script [Insane Farting Corpse], by page two or three, I felt that way. I thought, I'm in. It was so beautiful and… — Paul Dano Copy Share Image
Photos are profound because they have such short lives. They are more like fingerprints, dead leaves, rain puddles, or the corpses of flies. — Tom Waits Copy Share Image