Vasopressin Hormone Quotes & Sayings

One's desire to be alone, biologists have found, is partially genetic and to some degree measurable. If you have low levels of the pituitary peptide oxytocin--sometimes called the master chemical of sociability-- and high quantities of the hormone vasopressin, which may suppress your need for affection, you tend to require fewer interpersonal relationships. — Michael Finkel

Everything is always a muddle just before it settles in. Tell — Alan Bradley

Water is life sustenance. — Lailah Gifty Akita

All crosses had their tops cut and became T's. There was also a thing called God. — Aldous Huxley

But I don't take any notice because I don't listen to what other people say and only sticks and stones can break my bones and I have a Swiss Army knife if they hit me. — Mark Haddon

For in the end, it is not Edwards or Piper or any other man who compels true faith, but God himself. — John Piper

I'm a deeply spiritual person, and I strongly believe that God is watching over me! — Mahesh Bhupathi

I think people are distrustful of politicians and are looking for someone who is telling the truth with no hidden agenda. — Mohamed ElBaradei

Every experienced pastor knows that what the penitent heart says about itself is much more consequential than well-made truthful sentences that shout from the outside of the inner voice of conscience. No element of confession is more crucial than the discipline of listening. The attentive listener is a chosen agent of divine reconciliation. When the moment for keen listening is offered, take it as an inestimable gift. — Thomas C. Oden

Failure is The Way of Success — Chiranjit Paul

Back in my 20s, when I wrote 'A Place of Greater Safety,' the French Revolution novel, I thought, 'I'll always have to write historical novels because I can't do plots.' But in the six years of writing that novel, I actually learned to write, to invent things. — Hilary Mantel

When a male vole repeatedly mates with a female, a hormone called vasopressin is released in his brain. The vasopressin binds to receptors in a part of the brain called the nucleus accumbens, and the binding mediates a pleasurable feeling that becomes associated with that female. This locks in the monogamy, which is known as pair-bonding. If you block this hormone, the pair-bonding goes away. Amazingly, when researchers crank up the levels of vasopressin with genetic techniques, they can shift polygamous species to monogamous behavior.38 — David Eagleman

I have never had to fight so hard to take a breath. — Amy A. Bartol

You have to enjoy playing. The old-timers did, and that's one reason why their music is a lasting music. I feel that I play jazz to entertain the listener, and you just can't do that unless you yourself are entertained at the same time. — Barry Harris

Five or six hundred heads cut off would have assured your repose, freedom and happiness. — Jean-Paul Marat

you cannot move to a higher level untill you accept fully where you are at — Leonard George