"People are messy, unpredictable things."
- Mary Roach
"US government button specifications run to twenty-two pages. This fact on its own yields a sense of what it is like to design garments for the Army."
"The human organism is built for tension and relaxation, work and sleep. The principle of life is rhythm."
"There is her heart. I've never seen one beating.I had no idea they moved so much. You put your hand on your heart and you picture something pulsing slightly but basically still, like a hand on a deskt..."
"Hormones are nature's three bottles of beer."
"Homo sapiens is one of the few species on earth that care if they’re seen having sex. The impala is unconcerned. The dingo roundly flaunts it. A masturbating chimpanzee will stare straight at you. To ..."
"Masters points out that the heterosexuals were at a disadvantage, as they do not benefit from what he called “gender empathy”. Doing unto your partner as you would do unto yourself only works well whe..."
"Viagra isn't the only drug being prescribed off-label for women with arousal problems. Los Angeles urologist Jennifer Berman told me some doctors are prescribing low doses of Ritalin. Drugs like Rital..."
"Please beware," came his reply, "There are a lot of people who believe that just because we don't have an explanation for something, it's quantum mechanics."
"You don't need proof. You just need an inclination"