A Quote by George Carlin

The surgeon general warned today that saliva causes stomach cancer. But apparently only when swallowed in small amounts over a long period of time.

George Carlin

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George Carlin
American - Comedian
May 12, 1937 - June 22, 2008

Death is caused by swallowing small amounts of saliva over a long period of time.

George Carlin

By the way, what happened to our surgeon general who warned us about AIDS and smoking? That position has been completely stripped of power.

Laurie David

A kaiseki meal is like that, very small courses over a long period of time.

Thomas Keller

In mid-July 2007, after a routine mammogram, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. As cancer diagnoses go, mine wasn't particularly scary. The affected area was small, and the surgeon seemed to think that a lumpectomy followed by radiation would eradicate the cancerous tissue.

Virginia Postrel

The key to success in blogging (and in many areas of life) is small but regular and consistent actions over a long period of time

Darren Rowse

Cancer can take a long time to develop and necessarily has multiple causes.

Devra Davis

The energy problems that we face today were built up over a long period of time and are not going to be solved overnight.

Dana Perino

True greatness...always requires regular, consistent, small, and sometimes ordinary and mundane steps over a long period of time.

Howard W. Hunter

It took me a long time to be able to say I was a cancer patient. Then, for a long time, I was only that: A cancer patient.

Suleika Jaouad

The surgeon general is responsible for sharing scientifically-based information with the public so that they can improve their health. But I will say personally that my goal as surgeon general is to help build a culture of prevention in America so that we are a nation that is as good at preventing illness as we are at treating it.

Vivek Murthy

Surgeon General's warning ought to read: Smoking has been determined t0 cause cancer, heart disease & rednecks with seniority.

Bill Hicks

In honor of Surgeon General Koop's legacy, we should ensure that the position of surgeon general is protected from political interference, funded appropriately and nominated from the ranks of career public health professionals who merit consideration, as is done in the other uniformed services.

Richard Carmona

History...shows that even seemingly miraculous advances are in fact the result of many people taking small steps together over a long period of time.

Paul Rogat Loeb

We tend to overestimate what we can do in a short period, and underestimate what we can do over a long period, provided we work slowly and consistently. Anthony Trollope, the nineteenth-century writer who managed to be a prolific novelist while also revolutionizing the British postal system, observed, “A small daily task, if it be really daily, will beat the labours of a spasmodic Hercules.” Over the long run, the unglamorous habit of frequency fosters both productivity and creativity.

Gretchen Rubin

In my practice as surgeon, I am impressed by the alarming increase of cancer cases brought to my notice; an increase, which in the light of the general hygienic and sanitary improvements of our time, can point to no other cause than the indulgence in certain foodstuffs detrimental to normal life of the body.