"When in many dissections, carried out as opportunity offered upon living animals, I first addressed my mind to seeing how I could discover the function and offices of the heart's movement in animals through the use of my own eyes instead of through the books and writings of others, I kept finding the matter so truly hard and beset with difficulties that I all but thought, with Fracastoro, that the heart's movement had been understood by God alone."

-- William Harvey

#Book Quotes #Heart Quotes #Eye Quotes

“The places where water comes together with other water. Those places stand out in my mind like holy places.”

Source : Raymond Carver (2015). “Where Water Comes Together with Other Water: Poems”, p.26, Vintage
“Mumbai's infectious. Once you start living in Mumbai, working in Mumbai, I don't think you can live anywhere else.”

Source : "The Scene" Interview, edition.cnn.com. October 3, 2006.
“There is a curious relationship between a candidate and the reporters who cover him. It can be affected by small things like a competent press staff, enough seats, sandwiches and briefings and the ability to understand deadlines.”
“To be honest I'm the only one really who's a cowboy. Like an honest to goodness cowboy.”
“The death tax causes one-third of all family-owned small businesses to liquidate after the death of the owner. It is also an unfair tax because the assets have already been taxed once at their income level.”
“As frustrating as my time in grad school felt, it also helped tremendously because it challenged me to figure out what it was I thought I wanted.”
“Born in the Flint, Michigan, big boat sailing on the Great Lakes and skiing in the winter was how most of my youth was spent.”

Source : Source: www.expatarrivals.com
“I don't consider weed to be any worse than having a beer.”

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