Immune Quotes

A child who is protected from all controversial ideas is as vulnerable as a child who is protected from every germ. The infection, when it comes- and it will come- may overwhelm the system, be it the immune system or the belief system. - Jane Smiley

A belly laugh increases the ability of your immune system to fight infections. - Elizabeth Taylor

3Com has not been immune to the trends affecting the telecom sector. However, we believe this sector has substantial long-term growth opportunities and we are investing accordingly. In addition, our Commercial and Consumer Networks business posted a second consecutive quarter of sequential sales growth. - Bruce Claflin

[They] stimulate the immune system, white blood cells that fight infections by giving something that looks similar to the disease. - Dennis Cunningham

[The rise in oil prices] wouldn't be quite as calamitous in Japan as it would in the U.S., where the people are more energy-dependent, ... Even though Japan may be efficient in its use of oil, like everyone else it still crimps your monthly budget. They're paying more for gasoline, so they're not immune to that. - David Cohen

[Even superstar players haven't been immune from the zebras' wrath. Nets forward Richard Jefferson picked up four fouls in the first quarter of a recent exhibition against the Bobcats. And Pistons star Richard Hamilton nearly fouled out in 18 minutes the other night against the Wizards.] I guess we have to get used to it... In the exhibition season, it seems like they (referees) are trying to make a statement. - Richard Hamilton

[But other officials describe the conditions frankly. Bodies have bloated, and heat, water and insects hasten their decomposition. A living person has an immune system with which to kill bacteria, but a deceased body has no protection. The bacteria population explodes. Some of the bodies are so badly decomposed they don't have fingerprints. Others are damaged or torn apart.] It's not at all pretty... They're finding pieces. If you find an arm, do you call it a body? It's pretty grisly. - James Johnson

...And these children that you spit on as they try to change their worlds, they are immune to your consultations, they're quite aware of what they're going through... - David Bowie

(HIV) is a retrovirus, and one that has the capability of inserting itself into a gene -- into the genes of our own cell and hiding there essentially indefinitely, so it shields itself from the surveillance of the body's immune system. - Anthony Fauci