Respiration Quotes

• It is no doubt technically possible to study metabolism and respiration of fishes during swimming at a constant rate, and of certain insects and birds during flight, and to obtain information similar to that obtained on man during work on a bicycle ergometer or a treadmill.

  

  August Krogh
  • Work
  • Study
  • Doubt

• In many organisms, including man, the mechanical respiration and the circulation of the blood are 'regulated' so as to correspond to the demand of the moment.

  

  August Krogh
  • Organisms
  • Respiration
  • Circulation Of The Blood

• Since it is the very substance of the animal, it is the blood which transports the fuel.If the animal did not habitually replace, through nourishing themselves,what they losethrough respiration, the lamp would very soon run out of oil and the animal would perish, just as the lamp goes out when it lacks fuel.

  

  Antoine Lavoisier
  • Animal
  • Fuel
  • Transports

• And we'd sit in the dry leaves that whispered a little with the slow respiration of our waiting and with the slow breathing of the earth and the windless october, the rank smell of the lantern fouling the brittle air, listening to the dog and the echo of louis' voice dying away.

  

  William Faulkner
  • Dog
  • Breathing
  • Whispered

• Worry is the most popular form of suicide. Worry impairs appetite, disturbs sleep, makes respiration irregular, spoils digestion, irritates disposition, warps character, weakens mind, stimulates disease, and saps bodily health. It is the real cause of death in thousands of instances where some other disease is named on the death certificate.

  

  William George Jordan
  • Character
  • Appetite
  • Digestion

• But we need to quit taxing people upon death. No taxation without respiration.

  

  Steve King
  • Death
  • Taxation
  • Respiration