Metchnikoff Elie Quotes & Sayings

The Greek conception of a life in harmony with nature found its most complete development in the rationalism of the Renaissance and of the centuries that followed it. — Elie Metchnikoff

Grey eyes that grow sadder than sunset or rain,
Fond heart that is ever more true
Firm faith that grows firmer for watching in vain---
She'll wait by the sliprails for you. — Henry Lawson

Needless fear and panic over disease and misfortune that seldom materialize are simply bad habits. By proper ventilation and illumination of the mind it is possible to cultivate tolerance, poise and real courage. — Elie Metchnikoff

Science, it is said, no doubt has ameliorated the material conditions of human life, but is powerless to solve those moral and philosophical questions that interest cultured people so deeply. — Elie Metchnikoff

Disease is not the prerogative of man and the domestic animals, so it was quite natural to see if the lower animals, with very simple organizations, showed pathological phenomena, and if so, infection, cure and immunity could be observed among them. — Elie Metchnikoff

We must always remember that the Chinese revolution was not a peasant's revolution, but one of the extreme Right. — Salvador Dali

Much of my journey in Kazakhstan was about understanding the legacy of the Soviet times and finding out what remained of nomadic. — Tim Cope

The old age of lower mammals presents characters similar to those found in man. — Elie Metchnikoff

Vanity, in a fairy tale, will make you evil. Vanity in the real world will drive you nuts. Vanity makes you say things like I deserved a better life than this. — Richard Siken

What keeps me up at night? Waking up to a scoop at another newspaper or on TV. I'm probably competitive, almost too much so. I will stay up till the Web sites at night roll over. And if they don't roll over, I'll stay up until it's done. I'll wake up at the crack of dawn, or in the middle of the night even, just to go and check and see. — Andrew Ross Sorkin

Inflammation as understood in man and the higher animals is a phenomenon that almost always results from the intervention of some pathogenic microbe. — Elie Metchnikoff

It is possible to state as a general principle that the mesodermic phagocytes, which originally (as in the sponges of our days) acted as digestive cells, retained their role to absorb the dead or weakened parts of the organism as much as different foreign intruders. — Elie Metchnikoff

Poverty makes people sub-human Excess of wealth makes people inhuman — Groucho Marx

It is often seen that in households where all members are exposed to the same danger, or again in schools or troops where everyone lives the same life, disease does not strike everyone indifferently. — Elie Metchnikoff

Spain's churches, monuments, language, and literature are richly redolent of a unique, multifaith heritage. Muslims, Christians, and Jews had worked, worshipped, and interacted in Spain on a scale unparalleled and even unimaginable elsewhere in the medieval West. — Christopher Lowney

There must be those among whom we can sit down and weep and still be counted as warriors. — Adrienne Rich

Most of the centenarians whom I have been able to see have been so defective mentally that all that can be studied in them are the physical qualities and functions. — Elie Metchnikoff

The U. S. is headed toward a period of business depression ... beginning within the next two years, which may exceed that which preceded the War ... The only thing that will save us is a new gold policy or the discovery of a new process or additional gold fields. If the fall [of gold production] is not prevented by design or accident we shall throttle business, wringing out all profits and experiencing all the evils of deflation. — Irving Fisher

You cheated!"
He looked at her, wide-eyed with feigned outrage. "I beg your pardon. If you were a man, I would call you out for that accusation."
"And I assure you, my lord, that I would ride forth victoriously on behalf of truth, humility, and righteousness."
"Are you quoting the Bible to me?"
"Indeed," she said primly, the portrait of piousness.
"While gambling."
"What better location to attempt to reform one such as you? — Sarah MacLean

The appearance of aged persons is too well known to make detailed description necessary. The skin of the face is dry and wrinkled and generally pale. The hairs on the head and the body are white. The back is bent, and the gait is slow and laborious, whilst the memory is weak. Such are the most familiar traits of old age. — Elie Metchnikoff

My favorite music isn't necessarily the songs that One Direction come out with. That doesn't mean to say I don't secretly really love some of our songs, which I do. My personal tastes ... I actually like quite a bit acoustic and more mellow kinds of things. — Louis Tomlinson

Maybe the problem is that I was never taught to enjoy failure as an opportunity. — Michael Treanor

In the ancient world and, above all, among the Greeks, human nature was held in high esteem. — Elie Metchnikoff

The adoration of human nature by the Greeks appeared in Greek plastic art and was the cause of its excellence. — Elie Metchnikoff

You don't deserve my image in your head. You don't deserve my memories in your chest. — Coco J. Ginger

Success is not built on what we accomplish for ourselves. Its foundation lies in what we do for others. — Danny Thomas

Whatever concerns health is of real public interest. — Elie Metchnikoff

It is, of course, quite natural that a biologist whose attention had been aroused by noticing in his own case the phenomena of precocious old age should turn to study the causes of it. — Elie Metchnikoff

There is only one constant element in immunity, whether innate or acquired, and that is phagocytosis. The extension and importance of this factor can no longer be denied. — Elie Metchnikoff