Function Quote by Homer Smith

Recognizing that we have the kind of blood we have because we have the kind of kidneys we have, we must acknowledge that our…

— Homer Smith

The responsibility for maintaining the composition of the blood in respect to other constituents devolves largely upon the kidneys. It is no exaggeration to…

— Homer Smith

The brain is a tissue. It is a complicated, intricately woven tissue, like nothing else we know of in the universe, but it is…

— David H. Hubel

The power of the state stops at our skins. They can't restrict contraception [or] abortion. They can't take our kidneys. Bodily integrity is a…

— Gloria Steinem

“some of the water you just drank passed through the kidneys of Socrates, Genghis Khan, and Joan of Arc. How”

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

When we have laws that compartmentalize medical information, and when we have paper systems that compartmentalize medical information, you sometimes have a doctor who…

— Newt Gingrich

My only grudge against nature was that I could not turn my Lolita inside out and apply voracious lips to her young matrix, her…

— Vladimir Nabokov

As most doctors will tell you, cleansing is ridiculous. You know what's been around longer than that state-of-the-art juicer? Your kidneys. And your liver.…

— Sloane Crosley

Elsewhere the paper notes that vegetarians and vegans (including athletes) 'meet and exceed requirements' for protein. And, to render the whole we-should-worry-about-getting-enough-protein-and-therefore-eat-meat idea even…

— Jonathan Safran Foer

By all means, there should be no children when either mother or father suffers from such diseases as tuberculosis, gonorrhea, syphilis, cancer, epilepsy, insanity,…

— Margaret Sanger

I am in favor of an idea that's been around for a number of years, which is to reward people who are willing to…

— Sally Satel

The scent organ was playing a delightfully refreshing Herbal Capriccio - rippling arpeggios of thyme and lavender, of rosemary, basil, myrtle, tarragon; a series…

— Aldous Huxley