Sparagmos Ritualized Quotes & Sayings

Composers are the only people who can hear good music above bad sounds. — John Philip Sousa

When I was lecturing recently to a group of cardiologists at the Mayo Clinic I said ...
Why is it that from the moment you enter medical school to the moment you retire, the only disorder that you will ever diagnose with a physics textbook is obesity? This is biology folks, it's endocrinology, it's physiology - physics has nothing to do with it. The laws of thermodynamics are always true, the energy balance equation is irrelevant.
If someone's getting fatter I guarantee you they're taking more energy than they expend (as long as they're getting heavier). And if they're getting leaner I guarantee they're expending more than they're taking in. [It's] given, let's never discuss it again. And if you say it to your patients you're telling them nothing
(University Of Colorado Medical School, May 9th 2013 - via YouTube) — Gary Taubes

I've just been feeling insecure since I was 20, and that's all I've been trying to express. Now the entire world is feeling insecure. — Haruki Murakami

Even in financial markets, the concept of market efficiency does not hold. — Paul Ormerod

Do not expect the world to look bright, if you habitually wear gray-brown glasses. — Charles William Eliot