Anatomy Quotes

In examining disease, we gain wisdom about anatomy and physiology and biology. In examining the person with disease, we gain wisdom about life.

The brain is the organ of destiny. It holds within its humming mechanism secrets that will determine the future of the human race.

Petting is the study of the anatomy in braille.

The object of my researches is the brain. The cranium is only a faithful cast of the external surface of the brain, and is consequently but a minor part of the principal object.

Descriptive anatomy is to physiology what geography is to history, and just as it is not enough to know the typography of a country to understand its history, so also it is not enough to know the anatomy of organs to understand their functions.

Anatomy is to physiology as geography is to history; it describes the theatre of events.

Astronomy to the selfish becomes astrology.

At Harvard I was in charge of the comparative anatomy labs.

We know evolution happened not because of transitional fossils such as A. natans but because of the convergence of evidence from such diverse fields as geology, paleontology, biogeography, comparative anatomy and physiology, molecular biology, genetics, and many more.

The first cut is the deepest.

The most important history is the history we make today.

Vergleichende Anatomie der Engel. On the comparative anatomy of angels.

How do you know when you're finished making love?

Medical training taught me the art of breaking down the complex maze of stories, symbols and rituals into clear systems. You could say that it helped me figure out the anatomy and physiology of mythology and its relevance in a society more incisively. How is it that no society can, or does, exist without them?

My fundamental premise about the brain is that its workings - what we sometimes call "mind" - are a consequence of its anatomy and physiology, and nothing more.

I do like books on anatomy. I have to say I'm an amateur physician, I guess.

You really only think with one part of your anatomy don't you?

The strangest thing [to sign] has to be parts of [fan's] anatomy. But mostly female.