Henrietta Lacks Book Quotes & Sayings

I did 'The Vow' because I really love being in love. — Channing Tatum

In Khmer we have a saying that when one is both quite sick and old there remains only one thing, that you die. — Pol Pot

I don't know why people feel that I am snooty. I am not a person who has ever given an interview on image building. I have never been that person, as I am very confident of what I do. People do PR, but I get completely foxed. I don't know how to do it. I stay away from the limelight, as I think my work should speak on my behalf. — Kareena Kapoor Khan

To know how to suggest is the art of teaching. — Henri Frederic Amiel

The American Type Culture Collection - a nonprofit whose funds go mainly toward maintaining and providing pure cultures for science - has been selling HeLa since the sixties. When this book went to press, their price per vial was $256. The ATCC won't reveal how much money it brings in from HeLa sales each year, but since HeLa is one of the most popular cell lines in the world, that number is surely significant. — Rebecca Skloot

He's what my old mum would call a bombastic little nit of a man. — Jacqueline Winspear

The next best thing to being witty one's self, is to be able to be able to quote another's wit. — Christian Nestell Bovee

Before you contradict an old man, my fair friend, you should endeavor to understand him. — George Santayana

I've thought about living the koala's life, but you may need to petition the government quarantine rules to make it happen. Quarantine would make me extra grumpy. — Grumpy Cat

When I tell people the story of Henrietta Lacks and her cells, their first question is usually Wasn't it illegal for doctors to take Henrietta's cells without her knowledge? Don't doctors have to tell you when they use your cells in research? The answer is no - not in 1951, and not in 2009, when this book went to press. Today — Rebecca Skloot

I tell you, the sperm whale will stand no nonsense. — Herman Melville

There definitely comes a time where a fresh pair of eyes and fresh leadership would be good, and the Conservative Party has got some great people coming up - the Theresa Mays, and the George Osbornes, and the Boris Johnsons. — David Cameron