Mary Roach Quotes

Ultimately, the problem is that sex is perceived as a personal, intimate thing, not in the realm of science. But that's not true. It's physiology; it's anatomy. It deserves to be studied.

Mary Roach

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 20, 1959

Topics

ScienceProblemSexTruePersonal

Even the photographs of Henri Cartier-Bresson, with all due respect to him, are notoriously burned and dodged.

Joel Sternfeld

RespectHimEvenBurnedPhotographs

I fully believe in ghosts. I have, my entire life. The first house I ever lived in was haunted. There was a grave of a man in the backyard. I was just a baby then, but my parents would tell me that every night, at the same time, they would hear someone walking up the stairs.

Meaghan Rath

LifeTimeManParentsMeBaby

I've always had volume on my side: the big-voice-in-a-small-package thing. I surprise people.

Anna Kendrick

PeopleSurpriseAlwaysSideVolume

I am very proud of my name. My full name is Richard Treat Williams.

Treat Williams

I AmTreatProudNameFullVery

My background is in psychology and I'm also a stage actor. That's my background.

Tommy Wiseau

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I never wanted to be a ginger.

Rose Leslie

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I try to do women's-point-of-view comedy. The joke is, 'This is what I think; there's the truth.' I try to think of stuff that's real broad, but the more personal it is, the more universal it is. All my friends go through the same stuff.

Roseanne Barr

TruthThinkComedyFriendsPersonal

You can't cancel my stand-up tours. It's impossible. There's too many separate bosses. There is no 'bosses.'

Louis C. K.

ImpossibleYouBossesCancelMany

I think the problem is, exceptional women will always succeed. But there are plenty of less-exceptional men who succeed. Until we get the less-exceptional women succeeding equally, we do not have full equality.

Cherie Blair

WomenMenEqualitySucceedThink

For a long time, I have hoped for better days, but alas, today it is necessary for me to lose all hope. My poor wife suffers more and more. I do not think it is possible to be any weaker.

Claude Monet

TodayHopeTimeWifeMeBetter

I think someone's conversation, whether in e-mail or in person, should be private.

Brad Pitt

ThinkSomeoneConversationPerson

People have said, 'Why don't you make your own company like Chan-wook Park has his own company,' but my head is full of writing and directing and I don't feel like I want to run a company. That's not really within my personality as well.

Bong Joon-ho

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