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“I was going to have cosmetic surgery until I noticed that the doctor's office was full of portraits by Picasso.”
“Prior to my call to the Twelve, I served as a medical doctor and surgeon.”
“My doctor gave me six months to live, but when I couldn't pay the bill he gave me six months more.”
“What we look for are people that are technically competent. You need a background in a scientific field, whether it's as a scientist, an engineer, medical doctor, or, you know, a person that's in t...”
“My dad's a doctor, and when I was 8, I went to one of his medical conferences where they were demonstrating laser surgery on a chicken. I was so mad that a chicken had to die, I never ate meat again.”
“I'm 86 and my doctor used to tell me to slow down - at least he did until he dropped dead.”
“Honestly, being a doctor could make you more close minded than regular people.”
“I'm a medical doctor and a biomedical scientist.”
“Medical liability reform is not a Republican or Democrat issue or even a doctor versus lawyer issue. It is a patient issue.”
“Whether it's possible or not, being a doctor, you take an oath. To care for your patient, not to kill them. You take an oath to do things that are proper in the medical world. Not to administer som...”
“The cardiac calls require medical intervention. So an ambulance for a cardiac call requires a doctor, a ward boy and medical equipment.”
“It's interesting when people make comments about celebrities' weight gain or lack of weight gain as if they're a medical professional that's treating that celebrity. Like, 'This doctor does not tre...”
“We readily go to the health club when our doctor suggests we need more exercise, but we regularly neglect the 'mental health club' that our well-being more truly requires.”
“I think it would be very boring dramatically to have a film where everybody was a lawyer or doctor and had no faults. To me, the most important thing is to be truthful.”
“Healthcare should be between the doctor and the patient. And if the doctor says something needs to be done, the government should guarantee it gets paid for.”
“Most people are squeamish about saying how much they earn, but in medicine the situation seems especially fraught. Doctors aren't supposed to be in it for the money, and the more concerned a doctor...”
“A doctor is not a mechanic. A car doesn't react with a mechanic, but a human being does.”
“We approach people the same way we approach our cars. We take the poor kid to a doctor and ask, What's wrong with him, how much will it cost, and when can I pick him up?”
“Maybe I don't see enough television, but it seems there aren't many shows that are romantic comedies that are an hour long where you're not solving a crime or being a doctor.”
“My dad was in the military, yeah. He was in the Air Force, and he was a doctor, so he would go places for six months here, and two years there. And I was home-schooled because I played the violin, ...”
