Quote by John Leonard

You can't invent yourself as you maunder on. Your fabrications aren't going to impress the blood test, the urinalysis or the chest X-ray. Science is not amused.

You can't invent yourself as you maunder on. Your fabricatio

Summary

In this quote, the speaker emphasizes the futility of trying to fabricate or invent oneself. They suggest that no matter how much one tries to create a false image or persona, scientific evidence such as blood tests, urinalysis, and chest X-rays will ultimately reveal the truth. The quote intends to convey the idea that the objective reality captured by science cannot be fooled or swayed by subjective self-constructed narratives. It serves as a reminder that authenticity and genuineness are valued over pretense and deception.

Topics

By John Leonard

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

What most men desire is a virgin who is a whore.

What most men desire is a virgin who is a whore.

Edward Dahlberg

HIV does not make people dangerous to know, so you can shake

HIV does not make people dangerous to know, so you can shake their hands and give them a hug: Heaven knows they need it.

Time is a waste of money.

Time is a waste of money.

As to Don Juan, confess that it is the sublime of that there

As to Don Juan, confess that it is the sublime of that there sort of writing; it may be bawdy, but is it not good English? It may be profligate, but is it not life, is it not the thing? Could any man have written it who has not lived in the world? and tooled in a post-chaise? in a hackney coach? in a Gondola? against a wall? in a court carriage? in a vis a vis? on a table? and under it?

Lord (George Gordon) Byron

It's hard now to imagine that kind of travel and the daily t

It's hard now to imagine that kind of travel and the daily tasks they simply took for granted. If a wagon axle broke, you had to stop and carve a new one. To cross a river, you sometimes had to build a raft.

Our notion of the perfect society embraces the family as its

Our notion of the perfect society embraces the family as its center and ornament, and this paradise is not secure until children appear to animate and complete the picture.

Amos Bronson Alcott

I tell you I can't read a book, but I can read de people.

I tell you I can't read a book, but I can read de people.

Sojourner Truth

No, I do it all, but I do love to play solo.

No, I do it all, but I do love to play solo.

Even as a tree has a single trunk, but many branches and lea

Even as a tree has a single trunk, but many branches and leaves, there is one religion but any number of faiths

I existed from all eternity and, behold, I am here and I sha

I existed from all eternity and, behold, I am here and I shall exist till the end of time, for my being has no end.

We do a disservice to society if we ignore the evidence whic

We do a disservice to society if we ignore the evidence which shows that stable families tend to be associated with better outcomes for children.

Iain Duncan Smith

Try and penetrate with our limited means the secrets of natu

Try and penetrate with our limited means the secrets of nature and you will find that, behind all the descernible laws and connections, there remains something subtle, intangible and inexplicable. Veneration for this force beyond anything that we can comprehend is my religion. To that extent I am, in fact, religious.

Albert Einstein

Spirituality Science