“I love doing a lot of things I'm told I can't do. I think that's what drives me and keeps me awake every day.” Quote by Patrick Soon-Shiong
“If you look upon chronic diseases as an epidemic, and you see that the chronically ill are the poor, then you see that this issue of the uninsured is not really a moral but a financial obligation to change health care.” IfsLooksCarePoorMoralIssuesDiseaseFinancialIllObligationHealth CareLook UpEpidemics Author:Patrick Soon-Shiong
“I like to look for patterns, in science and life. It’s what I do.” LooksPatterns Author:Patrick Soon-Shiong
“I was working with stem cells as part of a NASA programme. We realised that the science of stem-cell proliferation was also fundamental to cancer cells when cancer enters the phase of metastasis.” FundamentalsCancerCellsPhasesStemRealisedProgrammesNasaProliferationStem Cell Author:Patrick Soon-Shiong
“I'm truly passionate about basketball. I'm not as passionate about baseball as I am about basketball, but I watch baseball and I watch football. I love sports in general.” SportsWatchesFootballBasketballBaseballPassionateSports In General Author:Patrick Soon-Shiong
“The foundations and the intent of the Affordable Care Act are laudable. The way it's being implemented is a disaster.” WayCareFoundationDisasterAffordableAffordable Care Act Author:Patrick Soon-Shiong
“The pancreas is by far the most complex organ in the body.” BodyComplexesOrgansPancreas Author:Patrick Soon-Shiong
“It's unconscionable that cancer patients get the wrong diagnosis 30 percent of the time and that it takes so long to treat them with appropriate drugs for their cancer.” LongDrugPercentTreatsPatientCancerAppropriateDiagnosisCancer Patients Author:Patrick Soon-Shiong
“I think of L.A. as truly the melting pot. It’s basically a mini country unto itself.” ThinkingCountryPotMeltingMelting Pot Author:Patrick Soon-Shiong
“I'm a physician. I've been blessed with ideas and resources to use technology to make the world a better place. That's what I would like to leave behind.” WorldIdeasUseBehindsTechnologyResourcesBlessedPhysiciansBetter Place Author:Patrick Soon-Shiong