Brevity Quote by Richard Preston

“Nine out of ten humans killed? And you're not bothered." A look of mysterious thoughtfulness crossed his face. "A virus can be useful to…

— Richard Preston

To mess around with Ebola is an easy way to die. Better to work with something safer, such as anthrax.

— Richard Preston

“A good businessman is hard to bruise and quick to heal.”

— Richard Preston

The best way to know what's in the soup, is to boil yourself in it.

— Richard Preston

“He becomes dizzy and utterly weak, and his spine goes limp and nerveless and he loses all sense of balance. The room is turning…

— Richard Preston

Humans in space suits make monkeys nervous.

— Richard Preston

“Ebola Zaire attacks every organ and tissue in the human body except skeletal muscle and bone. It is a perfect parasite because it transforms…

— Richard Preston

“Jahrling sat down at his desk and sighed. There was a landfill of papers on his desk, mostly about smallpox, and it was discouraging.…

— Richard Preston

“we could eradicate smallpox from nature, but we could not uproot the virus from the human heart”

— Richard Preston

“C.J. had spoken longingly of finding the African termite queen, the glistening white sac that was half a foot long and as thick as…

— Richard Preston

During climbs into taller trees, I was occasionally able to look down on the backs of birds, which shine with reflected sunlight as they…

— Richard Preston

The Ludolphian number is fixed in eternity— not a digit out of place, all characters in their proper order, an endless sentence written to…

— Richard Preston