There are a lot of quotes about cells out there. Some people talk about the power of cells, while others focus on their importance in the body. No matter what your opinion on cells is, there’s no denying that they’re a fascinating piece of biology. In this compilation, we’ve gathered some of our favorite cell quotes for you to enjoy.

The best cell quotes

1. New cells are born everyday and old cells die, but they have neither funerals nor birthdays. — Thich Nhat Hanh

2. We are just a certain quantity of cells, all of us! — Rossana Condoleo

3. When I started learning the cello, I fell in love with the instrument because it seemed like a voice–my voice. — Mstislav Rostropovich

4. If you’re too afraid to make mistakes and blunders, then better stay at your 6 by 6 cell and follow the one who is ready to make. — Sarvesh Jain

5. I am opposed to both cloning and the destruction of human embryos and adamantly opposed to funding of embryonic stem cell research. — Sandy Adams

6. The still waters Wrap my lips, Eyes, nose and ears, A clear Cellophane I cannot crack. — Sylvia Plath

7. Ecstasy is not really part of the scene we can do on celluloid. — Orson Welles

8. We are very grateful for what the Ontario provincial government is doing, and for cooperation from provincial and local police forces all across Canada. — Paul Cellucci

9. G cell networks create a whole new wave of distributed and edge computing. — Michael Dell

10. To a woman whose cellphone rang during a formal meeting:] You’d better answer that. It could be someone important. — Queen Elizabeth Ii

11. My brother died of cancer two years ago (1998), renal cell carcinoma. He was my only real brother and I didn’t know what to do. I’d never been so desperate in my life. — Quincy Jones

12. This was the time in her life that she fell upon books as the only door out of her cell. They became half her world. — Michael Ondaatje

13. That was the problem these days––everything was considered disposable––clothes, cell phones, relationships. — Melissa de la Cruz, Sun–Kissed

14. To call me in, I’m thinking I don’t own a suit, a ring, a watch, a cellphone. I’m dragging up out of the woods here. You boys must be hard up these days. — Phil Robertson

15. The body is a cell state in which every cell is a citizen. Disease is merely the conflict of the citizens of the state brought about by the action of external forces. — Rudolf Virchow

16. Alcohol does kill brain cells, because you’ve lost it. — Triple H

17. Would I buy a cell phone for my 12–year–old?… No. I should have closer control over my child than that. He really shouldn’t be in places where he needs to contact me by cell. — Stephen Baker

18. I truly believe that God has given us few brain cells, and you have to direct them to the right things that make you happy. — Ranbir Kapoor

19. It [discovering Finnish] was like discovering a wine–cellar filled with bottles of amazing wine of a kind and flavour never tasted before. It quite intoxicated me. — J.R.R. Tolkien

20. If you live life on your own terms it shouldn’t feel like a jail cell. — Shannon L. Alder

21. There are more people with cell phones in the world than any other thing on the planet. There are billions of cell phones. There’s not not billions of radios. — Spencer Pratt

22. They kept me in a cage for too long because now every room I am standing in is just another cell. — Raegan Butcher, Rusty String Quartet

23. Love seems to open and expand us right down to the cellular level, while fear causes us to contract and withdraw into ourselves. — Sharon Salzberg, Real Love: The Art of Mindful Connection

24. Butch tightened his grip on his cell and wished there were an app that let you reach through a phone and bitch slap someone. — J.R. Ward, Lover Unleashed

25. Only cells that had been transformed by a virus or a genetic mutation had the potential to become immortal. — Rebecca Skloot, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

26. The walls of the cell fell away, the sky came down, I saw the big yellow bird. — Truman Capote, In Cold Blood

27. I hope they make a video game of me. At least I wouldn’t have any cellulite then. — Scarlett Johansson

28. I came up stairs into the world, for I was born in a cellar. — William Congreve

29. I told my wife a man is like wine, he gets better with age. She locked me in the cellar. — Rodney Dangerfield

30. There are more people with cell phones in the world than any other thing on the planet. There are billions of cell phones. There’s not not billions of radios. — Spencer Pratt

31. We have too many cellphones. We’ve got too many internets. We have got to get rid of those machines. We have too many machines now. — Ray Bradbury

32. Disease and ill health are caused largely by damage at the molecular and cellular level, yet today’s surgical tools are too large to deal with that kind of problem. — Ralph Merkle

33. Each of us is a universe of our living cells. — Toba Beta, My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut

34. Celluloid heroes never feel any pain. — Ray Davies

35. If one has never known freedom, it is easy to be blind to the gridirons composing one’s cell. — Nenia Campbell, Wishing Stars: Space Opera Fairytales

36. We are very grateful for what the Ontario provincial government is doing, and for cooperation from provincial and local police forces all across Canada. — Paul Cellucci

37. The family is the first essential cell of human society. — Pope John XXIII

38. The first few hours in the cell were quite stimulating. I’d never been in a prison cell before and was quite enjoying the experience. — Tahir Shah, In Search of King Solomon’s Mines

39. I am dying: it’s a beautiful word. Like the long slow sigh of a cello: dying. But the sound of it is the only beautiful thing about it. — Sonya Hartnett, Surrender

40. Today’s my birthday On mans scale 53 is a life more than 1/2 over. On the infinite scale of an eternal being I am just a cell of life that has forever to go! — Stanley Victor Paskavich

41. Now science has presented us with a hope called stem cell research, which may provide our scientists with many answers that have for so long been beyond our grasp. — Nancy Reagan

42. To a woman whose cellphone rang during a formal meeting:] You’d better answer that. It could be someone important. — Queen Elizabeth Ii

43. Each of us is a universe of our living cells. — Toba Beta, My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut

44. To date, embryonic stem cell research has not produced a single medical treatment, where ethical, adult stem cell research has produced some 67 medical miracles. — Mike Pence

45. Certain brands of guilt can be inculcated in a secular way but other brands of guilt can only be obtained with reference to the metaphysical. — Sarah Ruhl, Dead Man’s Cell Phone

46. Each of us is a universe of our living cells. — Toba Beta, My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut

47. I’ve never owned a cell phone and don’t plan on ever having one. If anyone needs to talk to me, they know where I live. — Phil Robertson

48. I am dying: it’s a beautiful word. Like the long slow sigh of the cello: dying. But the sound of it is the only beautiful thing about it. — Sonya Hartnett, Surrender

49. I always loved celluloid cameras in the early days that were sturdy and reliable. Even under tropical conditions and downpour of rain, it would still work. — Werner Herzog

50. I told my wife a man is like wine, he gets better with age. She locked me in the cellar. — Rodney Dangerfield

Conclusion

We hope this roundup of the best quotes about cell phones has inspired you to reflect on your own relationship with your device. It’s important to remember that while cell phones are incredibly useful and fun, they can also be a source of distraction, stress, and anxiety. So make sure you take time to unplug and focus on the things that really matter in life.