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Glands Quotes

Lines on the body's quiet chemistry

From pituitary hormones to the discovery of nerves controlling salivary glands, this set of quotes looks at the body's chemistry with genuine curiosity. A few speakers connect gland function to personal well-being, admitting they'd rather laze around than overwork their system. For more on staying Better, see that related page.

I started feeling this little lump in my throat, like you would feel if you have swollen glands or something like that, like you'd feel if you have a cold, so I didn't really think it was anything.

Quotes by Adam Yauch

I've had friends who've had depression or been on medication because their pituitary glands aren't giving out enough hormones - so I've been around a lot of people who've had problems like that. I've always been open to talk about...

Quotes by M. Shadows

As was to be expected, the discovery of the nervous apparatus of the salivary glands immediately impelled physiologists to seek a similar apparatus in other glands lying deeper in the digestive canal.

Quotes by Ivan Pavlov

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

Quotes by Ivan Pavlov

Always Quotes

I have no desire to work my adrenal glands any harder than necessary. I like lazing around; it's pretty important to my well-being. But I also get bored, so that's when my culture-vulturing kicks in.

Quotes by Greg Davies

A few dozen changes to the genome of a modern elephant - to give it subcutaneous fat, woolly hair and sebaceous glands - might suffice to create a variation that is functionally similar to the mammoth. Returning this keystone species...

Quotes by George M. Church

Since dogs could hear and smell better than men, we could concentrate on sight. Since courage is commonplace in dogs, men's adrenal glands could shrink. Dogs, by making us more efficient predators, gave us time to think. In short, dogs...

Quotes by Donald McCaig

A couple of hanging glands have nothing to do with making someone a man.

Quotes by Cynthia Nixon

What we feel and think and are is to a great extent determined by the state of our ductless glands and viscera.

Aldous Huxley

Better Quotes

I went to one doctor who told me I wasn't exercising enough. I was so exhausted, I couldn't raise my arm. When this doctor called it psychosomatic, I was enraged. To think the constant sore throat and swollen glands were...

Quotes by Alana Stewart

Frequently Asked Questions

What themes run through these glands quotes?
They span personal well-being and hard science, from someone limiting how hard they push their adrenal glands to researchers tracing the nerves that control salivary and gastric glands.
Why do people look up quotes about glands?
Glands connect to hormones, mood, and energy, so people researching health or physiology often want quotes that put the science in plain, relatable language.
Is there a personal angle among the scientific ones?
Yes, one speaker links pituitary hormone issues to friends' experience with depression, and another openly prefers laziness to overworking their adrenal glands, keeping the topic grounded.
Do any quotes trace the history of gland research?
One does, describing how the discovery of nerves controlling salivary glands led physiologists to look for similar systems elsewhere in the digestive canal.
What else might I want to read alongside this page?
Our Bored page pairs well with the restlessness some speakers describe, and Control touches on managing what the body does involuntarily.

Others reflect on physiology in a more scientific tone, tracing how researchers first mapped these internal processes. If restlessness or boredom sounds familiar, our Bored collection covers that feeling, and Control quotes explore managing what the body does on its own.