William Harvey Quotes

Did you think that rats do not have hearts? Wrong. All living things have a heart. And the heart of any living thing can be broken.

The heart is the household divinity which, discharging its function, nourishes, cherishes, quickens the whole body, and is indeed the foundation of life, the source of all action.

Blood circulated through her veins with the fluidity of a song that branched off into the most hidden areas of her body and returned to her heart, purified by love.

The human heart has hidden treasures, In secret kept, in silence sealed.

With each beat, the heart pumps nearly three ounces of blood into the arteries--seventy-five to ninety gallons an hour when the body is at rest.

The workings of the human heart are the profoundest mystery of the universe.

The human heart was such a complex organ, fragile and sturdy all at once.

The heart of animals is the foundation of their life, the sovereign of everything within them, the sun of their microcosm, that upon which all growth depends, from which all power proceeds.

The human heart is my school.

The human heart: its expansions and contractions its electrics and hydraulics the warm tides that move and fill it. For years Art had studied it from a safe distance from many perspectives...he listened in fascination and revulsion, in envy and pity. He dispensed canned wisdom, a little scripture. He sent them on their way with a prayer.

My blood is a miracle that, from my veins, crosses the air in my heart into yours.

Who invented the human heart, I wonder? Tell me, and then show me the place where he was hanged.

The liver signifieth the element of water, and it is also the water; for from the liver cometh the blood in the whole body into all the members. The liver is the mother of the blood.

Red, of course, is the colour of the interior of our bodies. In a way it's inside out, red.

The heart in man signifieth the heat or the element of fire, and it is also the heat; for the heat in the whole body hath its original in the heart.

The animal's heart is the basis of its life, its chief member, the sun of its microcosm; on the heart all its activity depends, from the heart all its liveliness and strength arise. Equally is the king the basis of his kingdoms, the sun of his microcosm, the heart of the state; from him all power arises and all grace stems.

The human heart was undeniably the stupidest organ in the body.

[T]he heart is like any other organ, you can weigh it on a scale.

The human heart is like a ship on a stormy sea driven about by winds blowing from all four corners of heaven.

My heart, my lungs, my blood - they've all been checked. I remember one of the doctors almost being disappointed when he showed me the results because he couldn't wait to tell me what smoking was doing to me. But there was nothing there.

A heart's a hard thing to live without. I should know. I've tried it," he said.

The heart is everywhere, and each part of the organism is only the specialized force of the heart itself.

The heart is the first part that quickens, and the last that dies.

If you pluck out my heart To find what makes it move, You’ll halt the clock That syncopates our love.

The heart is something else. Nobody knows what's going to happen,' I said