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Top 89 wise famous quotes and sayings by Mary Roach
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![Mary Roach quotes: US government button specifications run to twenty-two pages. This fact on its own yields a sense of what it is like to design garments for the Army. Mary Roach quotes: US government button specifications run to twenty-two pages. This fact on its own yields a sense of what it is like to design garments for the Army.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/mary-roach-quotes-949954.jpg)
![Mary Roach quotes: An anatomy lab is as choosy as a pedigreed woman seeking love: You can't be too fat or too tall or have any communicable diseases. Mary Roach quotes: An anatomy lab is as choosy as a pedigreed woman seeking love: You can't be too fat or too tall or have any communicable diseases.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/mary-roach-quotes-1058393.jpg)
![Mary Roach quotes: I'm not a quick wit. I'm only funny on paper. I mean, I'm not totally humorless! It's just that in person, I'm not quite the way I am on paper. Mary Roach quotes: I'm not a quick wit. I'm only funny on paper. I mean, I'm not totally humorless! It's just that in person, I'm not quite the way I am on paper.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/mary-roach-quotes-1011528.jpg)
![Mary Roach quotes: Astronauts are like these mythic legends, but really, they are just regular people, people who wear chinos. Mary Roach quotes: Astronauts are like these mythic legends, but really, they are just regular people, people who wear chinos.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/mary-roach-quotes-402939.jpg)
![Mary Roach quotes: The human organism is built for tension and relaxation, work and sleep. The principle of life is rhythm. Mary Roach quotes: The human organism is built for tension and relaxation, work and sleep. The principle of life is rhythm.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/mary-roach-quotes-640165.jpg)
![Mary Roach quotes: People don't appreciate their intestines until something goes wrong. But I always hope that people gain a little appreciation for their guts. Mary Roach quotes: People don't appreciate their intestines until something goes wrong. But I always hope that people gain a little appreciation for their guts.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/mary-roach-quotes-875708.jpg)
![Mary Roach quotes: The broader the topic, the easier it is, not only to fill a book, but to set the bar pretty high for really great stuff. Mary Roach quotes: The broader the topic, the easier it is, not only to fill a book, but to set the bar pretty high for really great stuff.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/mary-roach-quotes-164065.jpg)
![Mary Roach quotes: He has a minor in explosives and the slightly bitter, misanthropic personality of someone who shouldn't. Mary Roach quotes: He has a minor in explosives and the slightly bitter, misanthropic personality of someone who shouldn't.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/mary-roach-quotes-224986.jpg)
![Mary Roach quotes: The writing is always the easy part, provided I can get the good material. It's the getting of the good material that's a challenge. Mary Roach quotes: The writing is always the easy part, provided I can get the good material. It's the getting of the good material that's a challenge.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/mary-roach-quotes-801027.jpg)
![Mary Roach quotes: When I'm done with a book, I always give it to someone with expertise in the topic and tell them to flag all of my stupid mistakes. Mary Roach quotes: When I'm done with a book, I always give it to someone with expertise in the topic and tell them to flag all of my stupid mistakes.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/mary-roach-quotes-874123.jpg)
![Mary Roach quotes: The feminist in me, who is small and sleeps a lot but can be scrappy when provoked, took umbrage at this description. Mary Roach quotes: The feminist in me, who is small and sleeps a lot but can be scrappy when provoked, took umbrage at this description.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/mary-roach-quotes-617571.jpg)
![Mary Roach quotes: We were unable to obtain any lesbians, Pomeroy says, as though perhaps they hadn't been in season, or his paperwork wasn't in order.) Mary Roach quotes: We were unable to obtain any lesbians, Pomeroy says, as though perhaps they hadn't been in season, or his paperwork wasn't in order.)](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/mary-roach-quotes-2069329.jpg)
![Mary Roach quotes: A fine book, in the perfect setting, when there's all the time in the world to read it: Life holds greater joys, but none come to mind just now. Mary Roach quotes: A fine book, in the perfect setting, when there's all the time in the world to read it: Life holds greater joys, but none come to mind just now.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/mary-roach-quotes-2162278.jpg)
![Mary Roach quotes: It's hard to say where is the bigger hubris, in their convictions or in the arrogance of carrying them to a third decimal point Mary Roach quotes: It's hard to say where is the bigger hubris, in their convictions or in the arrogance of carrying them to a third decimal point](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/mary-roach-quotes-304550.jpg)
![Mary Roach quotes: And ever since, the U.S. Army has gone confidently into battle, knowing that when cows attack, their men will be ready. For Mary Roach quotes: And ever since, the U.S. Army has gone confidently into battle, knowing that when cows attack, their men will be ready. For](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/mary-roach-quotes-803424.jpg)
![Mary Roach quotes: I believe that not everything we humans encounter in our lives can be neatly and convincingly tucked away inside the orderly cabinetry of science. Mary Roach quotes: I believe that not everything we humans encounter in our lives can be neatly and convincingly tucked away inside the orderly cabinetry of science.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/mary-roach-quotes-1251734.jpg)
![Mary Roach quotes: I talk to a lot of people who, when you try to sum them up in a couple of sentences, seem like they must be insane. Mary Roach quotes: I talk to a lot of people who, when you try to sum them up in a couple of sentences, seem like they must be insane.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/mary-roach-quotes-1424138.jpg)
![Mary Roach quotes: Borman's dumping urine. Urine [in] approximately one minute." Two lines further along, we see Lovell saying, "What a sight to behold! Mary Roach quotes: Borman's dumping urine. Urine [in] approximately one minute." Two lines further along, we see Lovell saying, "What a sight to behold!](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/mary-roach-quotes-472875.jpg)
![Mary Roach quotes: I guess I feel the same way about being a corpse. Why lie around on your back when you can do something interesting and new, something useful? Mary Roach quotes: I guess I feel the same way about being a corpse. Why lie around on your back when you can do something interesting and new, something useful?](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/mary-roach-quotes-1453705.jpg)
![Mary Roach quotes: Literally thousands of e-mails over the course of a book go out to people I've never met, people who might end up being the focus of a chapter. Mary Roach quotes: Literally thousands of e-mails over the course of a book go out to people I've never met, people who might end up being the focus of a chapter.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/mary-roach-quotes-1922802.jpg)
![Mary Roach quotes: It is interesting to come across people who feel that a ghost communicating via a spell-checker is less far-fetched than a software glitch. Mary Roach quotes: It is interesting to come across people who feel that a ghost communicating via a spell-checker is less far-fetched than a software glitch.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/mary-roach-quotes-1559061.jpg)
![Mary Roach quotes: I'm one of those goobers who comes out of the polling place actually wearing the 'I VOTED' sticker on my jacket. Mary Roach quotes: I'm one of those goobers who comes out of the polling place actually wearing the 'I VOTED' sticker on my jacket.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/mary-roach-quotes-125432.jpg)
![Mary Roach quotes: What's different? Sweat, risk, uncertainty, inconvenience. But also, awe. Pride. Something ineffably splendid and stirring. Mary Roach quotes: What's different? Sweat, risk, uncertainty, inconvenience. But also, awe. Pride. Something ineffably splendid and stirring.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/mary-roach-quotes-1786922.jpg)
![Mary Roach quotes: Many space psychology experiments these days focus on ways to detect stress or depression in a person who doesn't intend to tell you about it. Mary Roach quotes: Many space psychology experiments these days focus on ways to detect stress or depression in a person who doesn't intend to tell you about it.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/mary-roach-quotes-1874898.jpg)
![Mary Roach quotes: Gravity disappears again, and we rise up off the floor like spooks from a grave. It's like the Rapture in here every thirty seconds. Mary Roach quotes: Gravity disappears again, and we rise up off the floor like spooks from a grave. It's like the Rapture in here every thirty seconds.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/mary-roach-quotes-1904091.jpg)
![Mary Roach quotes: To me, NASA is kind of the magical kingdom. I was sort of a geek, and you go there, and there are just these wondrously strange things and people. Mary Roach quotes: To me, NASA is kind of the magical kingdom. I was sort of a geek, and you go there, and there are just these wondrously strange things and people.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/mary-roach-quotes-84636.jpg)
![Mary Roach quotes: Many people will find this book disrespectful. There is nothing amusing about being dead, they will say. Ah, but there is. Mary Roach quotes: Many people will find this book disrespectful. There is nothing amusing about being dead, they will say. Ah, but there is.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/mary-roach-quotes-2092138.jpg)
![Mary Roach quotes: I'm drawn to the taboos that surround the human body. I find it fascinating that we are repelled by many of the acts and processes that keep us alive. Mary Roach quotes: I'm drawn to the taboos that surround the human body. I find it fascinating that we are repelled by many of the acts and processes that keep us alive.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/mary-roach-quotes-2098262.jpg)
![Mary Roach quotes: Pet foods come in a variety of flavors because that's what humans like, and we assume our pets like what we like. We're wrong. Mary Roach quotes: Pet foods come in a variety of flavors because that's what humans like, and we assume our pets like what we like. We're wrong.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/mary-roach-quotes-2116575.jpg)
![Mary Roach quotes: How about suicide rate. And what a shame to lose them after they've made it back. We keep them alive, but we don't teach them how to live. Mary Roach quotes: How about suicide rate. And what a shame to lose them after they've made it back. We keep them alive, but we don't teach them how to live.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/mary-roach-quotes-678884.jpg)
![Mary Roach quotes: I am of the opinion that the vulva of Your Most Sacred Majesty should be titillated for some length of time before intercourse. Mary Roach quotes: I am of the opinion that the vulva of Your Most Sacred Majesty should be titillated for some length of time before intercourse.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/mary-roach-quotes-744273.jpg)
![Mary Roach quotes: Kinsey wanted Dellenback to film his own staff. There are three ways to read that sentence, all of them true. Mary Roach quotes: Kinsey wanted Dellenback to film his own staff. There are three ways to read that sentence, all of them true.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/mary-roach-quotes-747913.jpg)
![Mary Roach quotes: The simplest strategy for bouts of noxious flatus is to not care. Or perhaps to take advantage of a gastroenterologist I know: get a dog. (To blame.) Mary Roach quotes: The simplest strategy for bouts of noxious flatus is to not care. Or perhaps to take advantage of a gastroenterologist I know: get a dog. (To blame.)](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/mary-roach-quotes-615885.jpg)
![Mary Roach quotes: If you get a colonoscopy, you should really insist they give you no drugs - then you do get to see what it's like to swim through your own intestines. Mary Roach quotes: If you get a colonoscopy, you should really insist they give you no drugs - then you do get to see what it's like to swim through your own intestines.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/mary-roach-quotes-856122.jpg)
![Mary Roach quotes: Fletcherizing is gross. I tried it once. I tried to go until it's all liquid, and it just creeps you out to be focusing so much on your chewing. Mary Roach quotes: Fletcherizing is gross. I tried it once. I tried to go until it's all liquid, and it just creeps you out to be focusing so much on your chewing.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/mary-roach-quotes-948681.jpg)
![Mary Roach quotes: (The Soviet space agency did not traditionally give cosmonauts steak and eggs before launch; it gave them a one-liter enema.) Fahey, Mary Roach quotes: (The Soviet space agency did not traditionally give cosmonauts steak and eggs before launch; it gave them a one-liter enema.) Fahey,](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/mary-roach-quotes-358444.jpg)
![Mary Roach quotes: Softball is the reason Washing Machines and Bleach are so popular. Don't think so? Just ask a softball Mom. Mary Roach quotes: Softball is the reason Washing Machines and Bleach are so popular. Don't think so? Just ask a softball Mom.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/mary-roach-quotes-1027185.jpg)
![Mary Roach quotes: There are people who would love to spend their last ten years, or five years, or whatever it is, on the surface of Mars. Mary Roach quotes: There are people who would love to spend their last ten years, or five years, or whatever it is, on the surface of Mars.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/mary-roach-quotes-1035692.jpg)
![Mary Roach quotes: Aspirin and ibuprofen combat inflammation everywhere but the stomach and bowel; there they create inflammation. Mary Roach quotes: Aspirin and ibuprofen combat inflammation everywhere but the stomach and bowel; there they create inflammation.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/mary-roach-quotes-265226.jpg)
![Mary Roach quotes: The researchers concluded that during intercourse in the missionary position, the penis has the shape of a boomerang. Mary Roach quotes: The researchers concluded that during intercourse in the missionary position, the penis has the shape of a boomerang.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/mary-roach-quotes-1231321.jpg)
Top 89 wise famous quotes and sayings by Mary Roach
Discover top inspirational quotes from Mary Roach on Wise Famous Quotes.