Microsomes Quotes

#1. Although separating mitochondria and microsomes might appear worlds apart from the determination of the molecular weight of macromolecules, certain concepts were common to the two operations and could be usefully transposed from the latter to the former.

Christian De Duve

#2. It's stupid to claim that one human being is special, or picked out by God, when in fact there are hundreds of millions of human beings in the world, and God knows how many millions of people long dead who have been lost to history, all of whom were probably special to someone.

Louis De Bernieres

#3. Langley would never complete his newspaper project. I knew that and I'm sure he knew it as well. It was a crazy foolish hand-rubbing scheme that kept his mind in the mood he liked to be in.

E.L. Doctorow

#4. Every journey has an end.

Seneca The Younger

#5. Everything I do is collaborative. It's just my way. I'm really very interested in how the other musicians perceive the song.

Cassandra Wilson

#6. Of Ickworth's boys, their father's joys,
There is but one a bad one;
The tenth is he, the parson's fee,
And indeed he is a sad one.
No love of fame, no sense of shame,
And a bad heart, let me tell ye:
Without, all brass; within, all ass,
And the puppy's name is Felly.

Horace Walpole

#7. It is really astonishing how few colors are inharmonious when they are profusely massed and have green for a background.

Mabel Osgood Wright

#8. People think there's a choice between smoking and immortality, but we've all got to die of something.

Tom Stoppard

#9. Aaron was an artist in the body of a biker. He smiled easily like a sweet boy next door and glared often like a bad boy looking for someone to punch.

Bijou Hunter

#10. Those who can afford private schooling need not worry about their children being deprived of art, music and literature in the classroom: they are more sheltered, for now, from the doctrine of efficiency that has been radically refashioning the public school curriculum.

Azar Nafisi

#11. All my collections are very personal. It's also because I'm so involved in making the collections.

Dries Van Noten

#12. I guess a drag queen's like an oil painting: You gotta stand back from it to get the full effect.

Harvey Fierstein

#13. He has selected from a group of overwhelming candidates. This candidate was nominated to the Supreme Court because of his extremely overwhelming qualifications.

Rod Parsley

#14. When I was 15, 16, 17 years old, I spent five hours a day juggling, and I probably spent six hours a day seriously listening to music. And if I were 16 now, I would put that time into playing video games.

Penn Jillette

#15. You were born on this planet with a definite purpose and the entire world is in need of the gift you have

Sunday Adelaja