Gastrointestinal System Quotes & Sayings

Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori). H. pylori is frequently accused of contributing to the development and progression of autoimmune disease (and is also one of the best-understood persistent infections). As mentioned in the previous section, H. pylori is a bacterium found in the upper gastrointestinal tract of approximately 50 percent of the population and is known to cause stomach ulcers in susceptible individuals. It also modulates the adaptive immune system through a very complex interaction. In fact, the interaction is so complex that acquiring H. pylori early in life prevents immune and autoimmune diseases. By contrast, acquiring H. pylori as an adult (which is more common in Western countries) increases the risk of immune dysfunction. — Sarah Ballantyne

It is such an uncomfortable feeling to know one is a fool. — L. Frank Baum

Relativity is a purely scientific matter and has nothing to do with religion. — Albert Einstein

The truly good is he who is one with all those who are deemed bad. — Khalil Gibran

When the people clamor to be shielded from reality, when they praise their government for keeping things from them, when they choose to conduct their lives within the limits of whatever fantasy the government supplies, then they are no longer consenting to be governed, they are begging to be ruled. — Michael Ventura

He made a production out of answering her, marching around to her side of the car, carrying his belly in front of him like a gift. — Ross Macdonald

We spend half of our lives preparing to live-instead of just living. — Leah Newman Fredrichs

I challenge myself to take at least one fashion risk a day, otherwise I get stuck. — Emma Stone

He looked him right in the eyes and saw a man who was great and good and human, who had done extraordinary things and terrible things and been broken and reassembled as a shell, only then to do the bravest thing of all: He had kept on living, though there are easier paths to take. — Laini Taylor

Some people have the luxury of asking themselves whether a job fulfills their career hopes and ambitions. I've got my own metric to gauge the fabulosity of a job: Does that job require me to keep my boss informed of the inner workings of my gastrointestinal system, or am I allowed to go to the bathroom at will? — Linda Tirado