"Medicine allows people to live who would otherwise die, so antibiotics will let people survive infections that they might be otherwise very vulnerable to and even little things might make a big difference, so I wear eyeglasses because my eyes aren't particularly strong, before there were eyeglasses someone at my age would probably not be good for much."

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Source : Source: bigthink.com

Carl Zimmer

#Strong Quotes #Eye Quotes #Medicine Quotes

“I've always been so curious about death. With my personal beliefs as a Baha'i, we believe that birth and death are very similar and that we're here on this Earth to develop all of the things we can't see.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The fact that women are the primary care-givers is a problem for women and men”
“When people read his books they have an uncontrollable desire to hang the author in the town square. I canâ€™t think of a higher honor for a writer.”
“The Swift Boat Veterans for Truth disputed whether John Kerry deserved some of his five medals. A large part of Kerry's defense was an appeal to the authority of veterans who supported him-one of whom has now been revealed to have received a medal he doesn't deserve. This doesn't prove the Kerry detractors were right, but it certainly doesn't weaken their case.”
“If you become involved with me, you will be throwing yourself into the abyss.”
“I learned from my teachers but became through my music”
“I think it is manmade. I think it's clearly manmade.”
“Smaller incidents in my life made me realize that language, even more than color, defines who you are to people.”

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