"I'd like to submit to Bad Science my teacher who gave us a handout which says that 'Water is best absorbed by the body when provided in frequent small amounts.' What I want to know is this. If I drink too much in one go, will it leak out off my arsehole instead? Thank you. Anton."

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Source : Ben Goldacre (2008). “Bad Science”, p.21, HarperCollins UK

Ben Goldacre

#Teacher Quotes #Water Quotes #Arseholes Quotes

“Ugliness is the greatest of all sins.”

Source : I. L. Peretz (2013). “The I. L. Peretz Reader”, p.329, Open Road Media
“I am in the Matrix and I just took the blue pill.”
“Now the bright morning-star, Day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the East, and leads with her The flowery May, who from her green lap throws The yellow cowslip and the pale primrose. Hail, bounteous May, that dost inspire Mirth, and youth, and warm desire! Woods and groves are of thy dressing; Hill and dale doth boast thy blessing. Thus we salute thee with our early song, And welcome thee, and wish thee long.”
“Beethoven said that it's better to hit the wrong note confidently, than hit the right note unconfidently. Never be afraid to be wrong or to embarrass yourself; we are all students in this life, and there is always something more to learn.”
“You might as well learn right now, you two, that the poorest guide you can have in life is what people will say.”
“Bravery is a mean state concerned with things that inspire confidence and with things fearful ... and leading us to choose danger and to face it, either because to do so is noble, or because not to do so is base. But to court death as an escape from poverty, or from love, or from some grievous pain, is no proof of bravery, but rather of cowardice.”
“I come without five lire. I want to leave without five lire.”

Source : "In God's Name". Book by David Yallop, p. 44, 1984.
“I write songs to turn myself into something else. And then I become that, and I want to become something else.”

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