- Limits
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- Nov 07, 2020
Medicine Quotes
On doctors, patients, prescriptions, and the art of healing.
These quotes span personal and political ground — someone glad they never became a doctor, concern that prescription costs point to a broken system, and a reminder that medicine has always mixed treatment with reassurance. See Doctor quotes for related reflections.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Street
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's time to bring tough medicine to Washington. No longer will policy be set by K Street, it will be dictated by Main Street.
- Care
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- Nov 07, 2020
Republicans and others who are in anguish over the possibility of socialized medicine ought to have to explain their ideology to a mother with a sick newborn. They ought to have to explain how this nation can debate health care and not mention how abysmal ours is.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
Both my parents are doctors, so from the time I was a child, I wanted to do medicine.
- Mathematics
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- Nov 07, 2020
Although I liked especially physics and mathematics for which I had considerable talent, I decided to study medicine. This profession had for me a strong emotional appeal, which was reinforced by having an uncle who was an excellent surgeon.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
At the Superdome, a young man came up to me holding a baby. He'd run out of diapers. He'd run out of medicine. His baby was sick. The guy's saying, 'Help me! Take my baby.' What could I do? That's the definition of helpless.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Just like in medicine, when the normal medicine no longer works, one resorts to surgery. And the revolutions is like the surgery: It's painful, and it's the last resort for nations.
- Respect
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a lot of respect for those in medicine that are trying to extend our lives or help us when we're sick.
- Law
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- Nov 07, 2020
Education - much like law or medicine - should be a profession governed by professionals. Unfortunately, too many policies, even those that are well-intentioned, come from the top, leaving out those closest to the classroom, who have the greatest insight into how to provide a high-quality education for all students.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
The physicians of one class feel the patients and go away, merely prescribing medicine. As they leave the room they simply ask the patient to take the medicine. They are the poorest class of physicians.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first step to prescribing the right medicine is to recognize the cause of the illness. And, when it comes to what is ailing the global economy, extreme monetary easing has been more cause than cure. The sooner we recognize that, the stronger and more sustainable the global economic recovery will be.
- Education
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- Nov 07, 2020
No one should ever be forced to choose between food and education, or medicine and shelter when they don't have the resources. It's very unfair.
- Edifice
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- Nov 07, 2020
The whole imposing edifice of modern medicine is like the celebrated tower of Pisa - slightly off balance.
- Health
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- Nov 07, 2020
Medicine to produce health must examine disease; and music, to create harmony must investigate discord.
- Nov 07, 2020
The Roots know how to give their audience some medicine without them even realizing it.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020