Quote by Mary Roach Download Open image ““The human liver is a boss-looking organ.”” — Mary Roach ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.2 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare
LIVER, n. A large red organ thoughtfully provided by nature to be bilious with. The sentiments and emotions which every literary anatomist now knows… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
“The human body is strangely made and sometimes it pays not to think about it too closely.” — Walter Kirn Copy Share Image
“Christ, Minna, it's yours until it makes an appearance in the world. Its yours in the same way your liver is; you wouldn't catch… — Natasha Pulley Copy Share Image
“But still, if I don't consult a doctor it is from spite. My liver is bad, well—let it get worse!” — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“For what is the human body, with its branching veins and winding bowels and many-chambered heart, if not a Labyrinth?” — Seamus Sullivan Copy Share Image
“I can't die until the government finds a safe place to bury my liver” — Phil Harris Copy Share Image
“Man is an intelligence, not served by, but in servitude to his organs.” — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
“With me, it was my liver that was out of order. […] I had the symptoms, beyond all mistake, the chief among them being… — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share Image
“(‘we can take your liver out and give it to the Princeton Museum, your heart to the Plaza Hotel’).” — Olivia Laing Copy Share Image
“I understand that he is made up of working cells, just like me--crowded and confused pieces of genius that have been tampered with and… — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
“When you will have made him a body without organs, then you will have delivered him from all his automatic reactions and restored him… — Antonin Artaud Copy Share Image
“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… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
“As the number of Inuit who hunt has dwindled, so has the consumption of organs (and other anatomy not available for purchase at the… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
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… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
“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… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
“…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… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
“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… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
Sharing a room with a cadaver is only mildly different from being in a room alone. They are the same sort of company as… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
Every now and then, someone will tell me that one of my books has made them laugh out loud. I never believe them because:… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
“panel applicants at the initial screening were asked not only to describe the cat foods but also to rate them according to how much… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
“* Kissing is a less aggressive form of bacterial transplant. Studies of three different gingivitis-causing bacteria have documented migration from spouse to spouse. Periodontically… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
“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.… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
