Strange Diseases Quotes & Sayings

There were two sets of encyclopedias that had sections on rats. From them we learned that we were about the most hated animals on earth, except maybe snakes and germs.
That seemed strange to us, and unjust. [...] But people think we spread diseases, and I suppose possibly we do, though never intentionally, and surely we never spread as many diseases as people themselves do. — Robert C. O'Brien

There's just nothing like playing on Arthur Ashe Stadium. It's truly amazing. — Caroline Wozniacki

Words are seductive and dangerous material, to be used with caution. — Barbara Tuchman

Actions rare and sudden do commonly proceed from fierce necessity, of else from some oblique design, which is ashamed to show itself in the public road. — William Davenant

They do certainly give very strange, and newfangled, names to diseases. — Plato

Imagination needs food like every dog and every cat and every bird and every fish. — Amos Oz

Something will be offensive to someone in every book, so you've got to fight it. — Judy Blume

Say that i starved, that i was lost and weary
that i was burned and blinded by the desert sun
footsore, thirsty, sick with strange diseases,
lonely and wet and cold, but that i kept my dream! — Everett Ruess

Strange how a specimen like him, well cared for, healthy, free to roam the world, and blessed with a perfection of form which would surely have allowed him to breed with a greater selection of females than average, could still be so miserable. By contrast, other males, scarred by neglect, riddled with diseases, spurned by their kind, were occasionally known to radiate a contentment that seemed to arise from something more enigmatic than mere stupidity. — Michel Faber

They certainly give very strange names to diseases. — Plato

Anyone who can fail to rejoice in the enticing squish/crunch of a fast-food French fry, or the delight of a warmed piece of grocery-store donut, is living half a life — Lucy Knisley

The family. We were a strange little band of characters trudging through life sharing diseases and toothpaste, converting one another's desserts, hiding shampoo, borrowing money, locking each other out of our rooms, inflicting pain and kissing to heal it in the same instant, loving, laughing, defending and trying to figure out the common thread that bound us all together. — Erma Bombeckk

Most of us cluster somewhere in the middle of most statistical distributions. But there are lots of bell curves, and pretty much everyone is on a tail of at least one of them. We may collect strange memorabilia or read esoteric books, hold unusual religious beliefs or wear odd-sized shoes, suffer rare diseases or enjoy obscure movies. — Virginia Postrel

The school depends not on man, or any set of men. God planted it, and we are but gardeners to take care of it. — George H. Brimhall

For my relationships with men to change, I needed to change my relationship to myself as a woman. — Gloria Ng

If you work in an urgent-only culture, the only solution is to make the right things urgent. — Seth Godin

We would have to settle for the elegant goal of becoming ourselves. — William Styron