Cody Cassidy > Quotes

“losing consciousness while swimming is a bad thing.”
― Cody Cassidy, And Then You're Dead: What Really Happens If You Get Swallowed by a Whale, Are Shot from a Cannon, or Go Barreling Over Niagara

“Little known fact: One bee sting begets others. When a honeybee stings you it simultaneously releases a pheromone cocktail that lets the hive know it needs defending. The dominant ingredient in this pheromone, incidentally, is something called isoamyl acetate, which is a common ingredient in certain kinds of candy because it tastes like bananas. It’s also used in Hefeweizen beer. In other words, don’t eat banana-flavored Runts or drink a wheat Bavarian beer before rummaging around in beehives.”
― Cody Cassidy, And Then You're Dead: What Really Happens If You Get Swallowed by a Whale, Are Shot from a Cannon, or Go Barreling Over Niagara

“seiche”
― Cody Cassidy, How to Survive History: How to Outrun a Tyrannosaurus, Escape Pompeii, Get Off the Titanic, and Survive the Rest of History's Deadliest Catastrophes

“這些書中還有更為基進的言論，像是古希臘哲學家伊比鳩魯的思想，他是以德膜克利特的思想為基礎來進一步推論，指出若是宇宙真是建立在原子和虛空之上，那麼人類在宇宙中所占據的位置並不比任何其他生物或物質更特殊。在他看來，既然沒有物質階層的存在，那麼不管是人類，還是日月星辰，都不可能是至尊的天神造物，而只是原子的短暫碰撞：從無到有，最終注定歸於虛空。而在伊比鳩魯看來，認識到這一點非但不會引發存在危機，反而帶給他極大的自由。他得以自由地去尋找讓他快樂的事情，追求科學發現，並避免那些帶給他痛苦的事情。如果在痛苦中沒有任何獲得，那麼受苦就毫無意義。”
― Cody Cassidy, How to Survive History: How to Outrun a Tyrannosaurus, Escape Pompeii, Get Off the Titanic, and Survive the Rest of History's Deadliest Catastrophes

“twenty-fifth birthday should be a celebration, not only because you’re allowed to rent a car but also because it’s the healthiest day you will ever have. You have overcome childhood diseases and your adult life begins. From here, it’s all downhill.”
― Cody Cassidy, And Then You're Dead: What Really Happens If You Get Swallowed by a Whale, Are Shot from a Cannon, or Go Barreling Over Niagara

“狂風巨浪連續六十天猛烈地撞擊著你們無助的船隻。皮加費塔寫道，在一場特別強的暴風雨中，水手們感到大難將至，紛紛開始哭泣。你反倒是沒那麼憂傷，因為你已經暈船到希望一死了之。”
― Cody Cassidy, How to Survive History: How to Outrun a Tyrannosaurus, Escape Pompeii, Get Off the Titanic, and Survive the Rest of History's Deadliest Catastrophes

“When a honeybee stings you it simultaneously releases a pheromone cocktail that lets the hive know it needs defending. The dominant ingredient in this pheromone, incidentally, is something called isoamyl acetate, which is a common ingredient in certain kinds of candy because it tastes like bananas.”
― Cody Cassidy, And Then You're Dead: What Really Happens If You Get Swallowed by a Whale, Are Shot from a Cannon, or Go Barreling Over Niagara