Quotessence
Home / Authors / Oliver Sacks
Oliver Sacks

Oliver Sacks Quotes

Neurologist

Filter quotes by topic

AllBrainIfsSciencePsychologyFeelingsPeopleIdentitySelfThinkingWorldLanguagePatientFeelsHumansLifeMemoriesMenMusicalHallucinationsUnique

Famous Oliver Sacks Quotes

“Scheele, it was said, never forgot anything if it had to do with chemistry. He never forgot the look, the feel, the smell of a substance, or the way it was transformed in chemical reactions, never forgot anything he read, or was told, about the phenomena of chemistry. He seemed indifferent, or inattentive, to most things else, being wholly dedicated to his single passion, chemistry. It was this pure and passionate absorption in phenomena-noticing everything, forgetting nothing-that constituted Scheele's special strength.”

IfsWayFeelsLooksSaidPassionForgetSpecialPurePassionateSmellReactionsSubstanceChemistryChemicalsDedicatedTransformedDedicationIndifferentNoticingAbsorptionChemical Reactions
Book:Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood
Create image

“For 'wellness', naturally, is no cause for complaint - people relish it, they enjoy it, they are at the furthest pole from complaint. People complain of feeling ill - not well ... Thus, though a patient will scarcely complain of being 'very well', they may become suspicious if they feel 'too well'.”

PeopleIfsFeelsWellsMayFeelingsCausesEnjoyHealthPatientIllComplainingWellnessComplaintsSuspiciousRelish
Book:The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat: Picador Classic
Create image