Krayden Capson Quotes & Sayings

She was doing impressively well, he said. She was mentally sharp and physically strong. The danger for her was losing what she had. The single most serious threat she faced was not the lung nodule or the back pain. It was falling. Each year, about 350,000 Americans fall and break a hip. Of those, 40 percent end up in a nursing home, and 20 percent are never able to walk again. The three primary risk factors for falling are poor balance, taking more than four prescription medications, and muscle weakness. Elderly people without these risk factors have a 12 percent chance of falling in a year. Those with all three risk factors have almost a 100 percent chance. — Atul Gawande

It is our imagination, not our conscience, which makes us better than the beasts of the field. — Pearl Mary Teresa Craigie

Strange as it may seem, my life is based on a true story — Ashleigh Brilliant

To make this trivial world sublime, take half a gram of phanerothyme. — Aldous Huxley

The scientist keeps the romantic honest, and the romantic keeps the scientist human. — Tom Robbins

My God, Jack - with a look like that, you two should just get a room. And try not to pick the one with a dead body next to it this time. — Julie James

I have no illusions about myself, about my life, about leaving a legacy, or making a mark in people's lives. We are so insignificant. We are only here for a blink. — Miriam Defensor Santiago