Michael Specter We are inhabited by as many as ten thousand bacterial species; these cells outnumber those which we consider our own by ten to one, and weigh, all told, about three pounds – the same as our brain. – Michael Specter Bacterial Quotes Brain Quotes Cells Quotes Inhabited Quotes Outnumber Quotes Pounds Quotes Species Quotes Told Quotes Weigh Quotes The passengers in our microbiome contain at least four million genes, and they work constantly on our behalf: they manufacture vitamins and patrol our guts to prevent infections; they help to form and bolster our immune systems, and digest food. We inherit every one of our genes, but we leave the womb without a single microbe. As we pass through our mother’s birth canal, we begin to attract entire colonies of bacteria. By the time a child can crawl, he has been blanketed by an enormous, unseen cloud of microorganisms – a hundred trillion or more.
Ken Ham The Creation Museum uses fossils to present evidence that there was a global catastrophe, Noah’s Flood, that killed and preserved the remains of creatures all over the earth. – Ken Ham
Andrea Arnold I can’t remember why or how I started writing, but I think it was always a way of making sense of the world. – Andrea Arnold
John Thorn Planning to play: that’s what saving for retirement is today – and it is antithetical to the nature of play, fully within the definition of work, and blissfully ignorant of the reality of death. – John Thorn
Jeannie Mai For those of us that wake up every day and go to our jobs, we know our worth because we know the value we add to the world. – Jeannie Mai
Guru Randhawa Yes I am a big time foodie, but I make sure to eat a little less than my actual hunger. – Guru Randhawa
David Dewhurst I support secure borders both north and south and I support a guest worker program for those here today illegally. Labor and skilled workers are critical to our Texas economy. – David Dewhurst
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