August Krogh Quotes

In the giraffe with a total height of 5 m., the heart is at a height of about 2.5 m., and it would be extremely interesting to know just how the giraffe avoids the development of filtration oedema in its long legs.

August Krogh

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: scientist
  • Nationality: danish
  • Birth: November 15, 1874 - September 13, 1949

Topics

HeartInterestingLongKnowLegs

Anyone who knows me, knows I don't walk away from a commitment, but I had a commitment to myself. Yes, there were times Nickelodeon made it more difficult than it needed to be, but there were also times they made it easier.

Joe Murray

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Where Cezanne captured and intensified shards of the eternal (every pear far more sharply defined than it could be in life), Monet portrayed the changeability and flux of every moment. 'The Water Lilies' give you a jittery, amorphous sense of a world seen at the speed of light.

Jerry Saltz

LifeLightWaterMomentWorldSpeed

My life gets better every year.

Andrew Zimmern

LifeBetterMy LifeYearEveryGets

There aren't many things that are universally cool, and it's cool not to litter. I'd never do it.

Matthew McConaughey

CoolNeverLitterThingsMany

I don't want to infringe on Alec Baldwin's territory, but I'm a pretty darn good 'Words With Friends' player.

Matt Letscher

GoodWordsFriendsWantPrettyDarn

I have no inhibitions about smoking or drinking, but I think too much of my voice to place it in jeopardy. I have spent many good years in training and cultivating it, and I would be foolish to do anything which might impair or ruin it.

Jeanette MacDonald

GoodTrainingVoiceThinkSmoking

If, in our haste to 'progress,' the economics of ecology are disregarded by citizens and policy makers alike, the result will be an ugly America. We cannot afford an America where expedience tramples upon esthetics and development decisions are made with an eye only on the present.

Stewart Udall

ProgressUglyEconomicsEyePresent

I enjoy being influenced by other writers.

Steve Toltz

EnjoyBeingOtherInfluencedWriters

I'm sure people see me as quiet and someone who keeps things to himself a little bit. I might be quiet, but there's a lot of fire inside me, and hopefully people see that sometimes.

Luke Donald

FirePeopleMeSomeoneQuietSee

I keep my hands empty for the sake of what I have had in them.

Antonio Porchia

HandsEmptyKeepThemSakeHad

Any judge who allows an adulterer with a live-in girlfriend to terminate the life of his wife should be impeached.

Phyllis Schlafly

LifeWifeJudgeGirlfriendWhoHis

When I was in high school, I wanted to be a counselor and I wanted to work with kids. I've been through the worst of high school. And I want to motivate people to live the best life that they can, because we're only here for one life.

Shay Mitchell

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