Tonus Quotes & Sayings

It's a pity. I don't know who he is to you ... But you are disgusting. To claim you fight for his honor, when all you do is bring shame to his name. — Charles Lee

The activity of both sets of muscles, the diaphragm and the abdominal muscles, varies reciprocally. Thus, during inspiration the tonus of the diaphragm increases while that of the abdominal muscles decreases, and vice-versa during expiration. Hence there exists between these two muscle groups a floating equilibrium constantly shifting in both directions. — Dave Gorman

People just take your kindness for weakness sometimes, and that's just the bottom line. — Ruben Studdard

The one thing I do have is good ears. I don't mean perfect pitch, but ears for picking things up. I developed my ear through piano theory, but I never had a guitar lesson in my life, except from Eric Clapton off of records. — Eddie Van Halen

Thus the total armada amounted to 5,333 ships and craft of all types, — Stephen E. Ambrose

I'm a fine artist working in a commercial arena, so that's my cross to bear — Joni Mitchell

My brother Joseph, who is 14 years older than me, was already on his national military compulsory service when I was 4 years old, the age from which I remember myself. — Aaron Ciechanover

The point is, there is no feasible excuse for what are, for what we have made of ourselves. We have chosen to put profits before people, money before morality, dividends before decency, fanaticism before fairness, and our own trivial comforts before the unspeakable agonies of others — Iain Banks