Mary Roachová citáty

“Life contains these things: leakage and wickage and discharge, pus and snot and slime and gleet. We are biology. We are reminded of this at the beginning and the end, at birth and at death. In between we do what we can to forget.”

Mary Roach

“We are biology. We are reminded of this at the beginning and the end, at birth and at death. In between we do what we can to forget.”

Mary Roach kniha Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

“The human head is of the same approximate size and weight as a roaster chicken. I have never before had occasion to make the comparison, for never before today have I seen a head in a roasting pan.”

Mary Roach kniha Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

“It is the mind that speaks a woman's heart, not the vaginal walls.”

Mary Roach kniha Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex

“Death. It doesn't have to be boring.”

Mary Roach kniha Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

“All good research-whether for science or for a book-is a form of obsession.”

Mary Roach

“You are a person and then you cease to be a person, and a cadaver takes your place.”

Mary Roach kniha Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

“Hormones are nature's three bottles of beer.”

Mary Roach kniha Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex

“Yes, the money could be better spent on Earth. But would it? Since when has money saved by government redlining been spent on education and cancer research? It is always squandered. Let's squander some on Mars. Let's go out and play.”

Mary Roach kniha Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void

“The paper does not provide the exact number of penises eaten by ducks, but the author says there have been enough over the years to prompt the coining of a popular saying: 'I better get home or the ducks will have something to eat.”

Mary Roach kniha Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex

“In my experience, the most staunchly held views are based on ignorance or accepted dogma, not carefully considered accumulations of facts. The more you expose the intricacies and realtities of the situation, the less clear-cut things become.”

Mary Roach kniha Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife

“Many people will find this book disrespectful. There is nothing amusing about being dead, they will say. Ah, but there is.”

Mary Roach kniha Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers