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Oh the nerves, the nerves; the mysteries of this machine...

Oh the nerves, the nerves; the mysteries of this machine called man! Oh the little that unhinges it, poor creatures that we are!

Quote by Charles Dickens about man

Our success was mainly due to the fact that we stimulated the nerves of animals that easily stood on their own feet and were not subjected to any painful stimulus either during or immediately before stimulation of their nerves.

Quote by Ivan Pavlov about succes, animals

Laugh at yourself, but don't ever aim your doubt at yourself. Be bold. When you embark for strange places, don't leave any of yourself safely on shore. Have the nerve to go into unexplored territory.

Quote by Alan Alda about courage, doubt

You mistake me, my dear. I have a high respect for your nerves. They are my old friends. I have heard you mention them with consideration these twenty years at least.

Quote by Jane Austen about mistake, respect, old, olderness

When a doctor does go wrong he is the first of criminals....

When a doctor does go wrong he is the first of criminals. He has nerve and he has knowledge.

Quote by Arthur Conan Doyle about medicine, criminals, bad, knowledge

Well, I think any time you delve into this sort of religion, politics, as you well know, you're going to, you know, touch a few nerves. I wasn't - now - and this is the honest truth.

Quote by Mel Gibson about politics, religion, truth, time

Our experiments not only proved the existence of a nervous apparatus in the above-mentioned glands, but also disclosed some facts clearly showing the participation of these nerves in normal activity.

Quote by Ivan Pavlov about activity, existence

Physiology has, at last, gained control over the nerves...

Physiology has, at last, gained control over the nerves which stimulate the gastric glands and the pancreas.

Quote by Ivan Pavlov about medicine

So the stimulation effected by the act of eating reaches...

So the stimulation effected by the act of eating reaches the gastric glands by means of the nerve fibres that are contained in the vagus nerves.

Quote by Ivan Pavlov

Poetry is ordinary language raised to the Nth power. Poetry is boned with ideas, nerved and blooded with emotions, all held together by the delicate, tough skin of words.

Quote by Paul Engle about poetry, emotions, language, power

Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success.

Quote by Swami Vivekananda about advice, idea, brain, dream, body, life

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