Body Blood Volume Quotes & Sayings

Camels can go many weeks without drinking anything at all. The notion that they cache water in their humps is pure myth - their humps are made of fat, and water is stored in their body tissues. While other mammals draw water from bloodstreams when faced with dehydration, leading to death by volume shock, camels tap the water in their tissues, keeping their blood volume stable. Though this reduces the camel's bulk, they can lose up to a third of their body weight with no ill effects, which they can replace astonishingly quickly, as they are able to drink up to forty gallons in a single watering. (pp.69-70) — Michael Benanav

We are so used to having a lot of comfort in our lives - to being clean, warm, and well fed - that we forget how recent most of that is. In fact, achieving these things took forever, and then they mostly came in a rush. — Bill Bryson

started swimming with Mimi again. They were so busy — Tara Star

Chasing after you..again — A Meredith Walters

I'm a more skilled writer now, but after 23 books it's harder to be fresh and that's really important to me. I don't want to write the same thing over and over again. — Judy Blume

I feel like a teenager myself, so I appreciate it when the kids think you're all right. — John C. Reilly

I used to eat burgers and steak, and I would just be knocked out afterward; I had to give it up. — Woody Harrelson

Wisdom, Niko thought as he leaned his cheek against his long-handled rake, cannot be had without price. And that price is blood. The sound of it in your veins. The pound of it in your head. The volume of it in a human body; the sickness when you've spilled it. — Janet Morris

A good Traceur trains until he/she gets it right. An excellent Traceur trains until he/she cannot get it wrong. — David Belle

These are not vague inferences ... but they are solid conclusions drawn from the natural and necessary progress of human affairs. — Alexander Hamilton

Can I share with you my worldview? All of humankind has one thing in common: the sandwich. I believe that all anyone really wants in this life is to sit in peace and eat a sandwich. — LIZ