Alive Quote by Joni Mitchell

“The brain may be regarded as a kind of parasite of the organism..”

— Arthur Schopenhauer

The diseases of the mind are more and more destructive than those of the body. [Lat., Morbi perniciores pluresque animi quam corporis.]

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

The most serious disorders may be provoked by the injection of living organisms into the blood, into a medium not intended for them, may…

— Antoine Bechamp

In seasons of pestilence, some of us will have a secret attraction to the disease--a terrible passing inclination to die of it.

— Charles Dickens

Disease is nothing else but an attempt on the part of the body to rid itself of morbific matter.

— Thomas Sydenham

“It's a thousand tiny impulses, building on one another. First you decide it's a good idea to check the oatmeal bin for bugs. Next…

— jennifer traig

I'm necessarily parasitic in a way. I have done well as a parasite. But I'm still a parasite.

— Malcolm Gladwell

Turning through sick lullabies.

— The Killers

I find the medicine worse than the malady.

— John Fletcher

Human beings are very parasitic in many ways.

— Regina Cassandra

Neurotics build castles in the air, psychotics live in them. My mother cleans them.

— Rita Rudner

Sometimes I think there’s someone up there just sitting around thinking of ways to make me look like a complete moron. Seriously, I bet…

— Michael Thomas Ford