74 quotes found
“A doctor must work eighteen hours a day and seven days a week. If you cannot console yourself to this, get out of the profession.”
“In the words of the philosopher Sceptum, the founder of my profession: am I going to get paid for this?”
“Do not work primarily for money; do your duty to patients first and let the money follow; our life is short, we don't live twice; the whirlwind will pick up the leaves and spin them, but then it wi...”
“John Smith: Mankind doesn't need warfare and bloodshed to prove itself. Everyday life can provide honour and valour. Let's hope that from now on this country can find its heroes in smaller places. ...”
“Welcome to your new bodies, gentlemen. If you'd like, I can help you start your own 'dysmorphia is all in your head' support group.”
“How grand, to be a Doctor of whatever and to weigh up and decide people's future.”
“As for the prayers, I suppose they cant hurt. Ive never found much good in them, Ill confess that here, though I keep such thoughts private when in public company. Who would confide in a physician ...”
“Jason lifted me up, and I wrapped my legs around his waist. His forehead rested against mine. "I've never liked dancing." He started to sway with the music and the tide, turning us slowly. "But may...”
“The Doctor: Amazing. Nancy: What is? The Doctor: 1941. Right now, not very far from here, the German war machine is rolling up the map of Europe. Country after country, falling like dominoes. Nothi...”
“You cannot separate passion from pathology any more than you can separate a person's spirit from his body.”
“Time and time again, throughout the history of medical practice, what was once considered as "scientific" eventually becomes regarded as "bad practice".”
“As I read the Quran and prayed the Islamic prayers, a door to my heart was unsealed and I was immersed in an overwhelming tenderness.”
“Im now Doctor to the patients and I have to cover my ignorance by waving my arms and looking grave.”
“How's the blood-stream, my dear, invaluable little woman? How's the blood-stream?"..."It's quite comfortable, sir...I think, sir, thank yo”
“Before asserting a prognosis on any patient, always be objective and never subjective. For telling a man that he will win the treasure of life, but then later discovering that he will lose, will ha...”
“No doctor knows everything. There's a reason why it's called "practising" medicine.”
“Regret, Joss. Regret does awful things to a person.”
“I'm taking inorganic chem and physics not because I want to but because I have to. Not every doctor wants to be a scientist. Some of us just want to take care of sick people. I can't help thinking ...”
“Kylie flopped back against the seat again, enjoying the look of disbelief on the vampires face a littletoo much. Would you like a name of a good doctor who will schedule your little snip-snip opera...”
“My experience showed me that the death of the body and the brain are not the end of consciousness, that human experience continues beyond the grave. More important, it continues under the gaze of a...”
