Jesse Ventura (1951) American politician and former professional wrestler
Interview in Playboy (November 1999)
“It is better to crush a gland instead of an oak.”
Il vaut mieux écraser un gland plutôt qu'un chêne.
From La cinécellulaire: extrait des mises au point de la biologie, personal notes (2008)
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French physician 1923–2014Related quotes
“The good are better made by ill,
As odours crushed are sweeter still.”
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III, l. 16-7.
Jacqueline (1814)
“The brain is a gland of unity: the brain is one with the body.”
Richard Bergland neuroscientist
The Fabric of Mind (1985)
“A song to the oak, the brave old oak,
Who hath ruled in the greenwood long!”
Henry Fothergill Chorley (1808–1872) English literary, art and music critic and editor
The brave old Oak (lyrics, 1837).
“Heart of oak are our ships,
Heart of oak are our men;
We always are ready.”
David Garrick (1717–1779) English actor, playwright, theatre manager and producer
Hearts of Oak. Compare: "Our ships were British oak, And hearts of oak our men", S. J. Arnold, Death of Nelson.
