“I think I kind of grew up with that a little bit and have great admiration for people who do [medical practice] for a living and who are real empaths. So I suppose I drew on - , from my mom a bit.” PeopleThinkingKindLittlesRealBitsPracticeGrewMomLittle BitGrew UpMy MomMedicalAdmirationEmpaths Author:Rachel McAdams
“I have a medical condition, all right. It's called caring too much, and it's incurable. Also, I have eczema.” Too MuchConditionsCaringMedicalCaring Too MuchMedical ConditionsEczema Author:Billy Eichner
“Whenever you have war, you often have more deaths because the medical system and the food system breaks down, than you have directly through violence.” WarBreakViolenceMedicalBreaking Down Author:Bill Gates
“[Transsexual surgery] could be likened to political psychiatry in the Soviet Union. I suggest that transsexualism should best be seen in this light, as directly political, medical abuse of human rights. The mutilation of healthy bodies and the subjection of such bodies to dangerous and life-threatening continuing treatment violates such people's rights to live with dignity in the body into which they were born.” PeopleShouldHumansBodyLightPoliticalBornRightsDangerousHealthyDignityAbuseUnionsHuman RightsMedicalTreatmentSovietContinuingSurgeryThreateningSoviet UnionPsychiatrySubjectionHealthy BodyMutilationTranssexuals Author:Sheila Jeffreys
“People don't realize that almost two-thirds of the population in the United States lives in a state where either medical or recreational marijuana are now legal. Two-thirds of the country. I am looking at it as kind of a 10th Amendment, states'-rights issue.” PeopleKindTwoCountryStatesRealizingUnitedUnited StatesIssuesRightsThirdsPopulationMedicalMarijuanaAmendmentsStates Rights Author:John Hickenlooper
“79 senators, including that great conservative Elizabeth Warren, said they didn't like the medical device tax, so we will go at that law - which in my view is the single worst piece of legislation passed in the last half century - in every way that we can.” WaySaidLastsLawViewsHalfPiecesWorstCenturyTaxesIncludingConservativeMedicalDevicesSenatorsLegislationGreat Conservative Author:Mitch McConnell
“I was very limited as a women. Getting the men in the military to see that the medical facilities were unhealthy was very difficult, along with many other things such as getting a good education and also finding a good career.” MenDifficultCareersMilitaryHe ManFindingsMedicalFacilityUnhealthyGood Education Author:Florence Nightingale
“I have little interest in a surgeon who says, "I learned that when I was in medical school. Why should I revisit it?" or who says, "I've done that operation the same way for ten years. Don't bother me with new approaches." I see teaching in the same way.” WayShouldYearsLittlesDoneSchoolInterestTeachingTenApproachMedicalBotherOperationsShould ISurgeonsMedical SchoolNew Approach Author:Carol Ann Tomlinson
“Completeness? Happiness? These words don't come close to describing my emotions. There truly is nothing I can say to capture what motherhood means to me, particularly given my medical history.” MeanI CanMotherGivenEmotionMomMotherhoodMedicalCaptureDescribingBeing A MotherCompletenessJust A MomMedical History Author:Anita Baker
“The only good thing I could say about Dr. Vegas was that it was fun working with Amy Adams. I like to feel I picked somebody great as my leading lady and was borne out. Oh, and I learned how to snap on a medical glove very easily.” FeelsFunGood ThingsMedicalDrsVegasSnapsGlovesAmyLeading Ladies Author:Rob Lowe
“Medical-genre shows have been around forever, they will be around forever, and I think this [Code Black] is a great iteration of the next generation.” ThinkingHas BeensShowsNextBlackForeverGenerationsMedicalCodeGenreNext Generation Author:Rob Lowe
“Nobody in the scientific or medical world thinks that homosexuality is something that people choose. It's something we are. Now, I didn't choose to be heterosexual. I just woke up when I was about twelve years old and girls didn't look obnoxious to me any longer, but I didn't make a choice about the matter. I just responded to my own hormones.” PeopleThinkingWorldYearsLooksMatterChoicesGirlMy OwnMedicalTwelveHomosexualityHormonesObnoxious Author:John Shelby Spong
“The first thing Syrian refugees want is to be able to live within Syria. That means help, humanitarian help, the way we understand it, food, medical care, any other, let's say, basics for the daily life.” WayWantFirstsMeanHelpingCareAbleHumanitarianMedicalDaily LifeSyriaRefugeeBasicsMedical CareSyrian Refugees Author:Bashar al-Assad
“A smart couple with a healthy financial relationship is always talking about money and how they're handling it. If there's a medical emergency or a job loss, talk about it. If there's a windfall, talk about it. Your financial situation is a constantly changing thing.” IfsJobsLossTalkingSituationCoupleHealthySmartFinancialMedicalEmergenciesJob LossTalking About Money Author:Michelle Singletary
“All are interconnected...the environment; rights of the dying; care of caregivers; education and medical care for peoples of the Himalayas; prison work; those living on the margins of society, particularly kids.” CareKidsEnvironmentRightsDyingPrisonMedicalMarginsLiving OnInterconnectedMedical CareCaregiversHimalayas Author:Joan Halifax
“When I am in Egypt, I am phoned because I am listed in the medical directory under "Mental Health and Psychiatry." And of course, I see very few people, because I give much more time to writing. So I cannot say that I really stopped medicine, but I practice medicine - or psychiatry - in a very different way. In an artistic way!” PeopleWayGivingWritingDifferentCoursesPracticeMedicineMental HealthMedicalArtisticDifferent WaysMore TimeEgyptPsychiatry Author:Nawal El Saadawi
“First of all, I hated the medical profession. Medical education in Egypt was taken from the British, French, colonial educational system. And it's very, very lacking - there is no sexology. I never read the word clitoris in any medical book when I was educated.” FirstsBookTakenEducationalBritishProfessionMedicalEducatedHatedLackingEgyptEducational SystemMedical ProfessionMedical Education Author:Nawal El Saadawi
“The medical profession [in Egypt] is also very commercial. Health is not given to the poor. You know, if you have money, you have medical care; if you do not, then you are in trouble. I was not ready at all to build my economic security on the diseases of people, on suffering, especially of women and children. So, in a way, I rebelled against it.” PeopleIfsKnowsWayChildrenCareSufferingGivenPoorTroubleEconomicSecurityReadyDiseaseProfessionMedicalEgyptNot ReadyMedical ProfessionMedical CareEconomic Security Author:Nawal El Saadawi
“R&D generally has been a bipartisan thing, because in the IT space, in the medical space, the U.S., the benefits to ourselves and the world and our economy have been very, very clear. I'm hopeful we can make a very strong case there. Energy is actually harder; it takes more time to get a product, but if you do it's a very, very big market and the constraints of doing that in a clean way are more obvious all the time.” IfsWorldWayHas BeensBigsEnergyStrongSpaceCasesEconomyClearProductsBenefitsHarderCleanObviousMedicalHopefulMore TimeVery StrongConstraintsBipartisan Author:Bill Gates
“Medical School is the next step in my career. There is no doubt about that. My mind is still hungry and I want to continue my education.” WantMindStillsSchoolNextStepsCareersDoubtMedicalHungryNo DoubtNext StepsMedical School Author:Chris Algieri
“In entirely unrelated news, there's a new proposal to mandate coverage for gay infertility. The problem is that gay infertility is just biology. Two men and two women are not infertile. They're just not capable of impregnating each other. This isn't a medical problem. It's a mental problem.” MenTwoProblemGayNewsCapableMedicalBiologyProposalCoverageMandatesInfertilityMedical Problems Author:David Horowitz
“Surfing is one of the most joyful pursuits a human can take up. But there's no joy in a deadzone. If you've ever surfed in turds and medical waste you don't want to repeat the experience.” IfsWantHumansJoyWasteMedicalPursuitRepeatsJoyfulSurfingTurds Author:Tim Winton
“Do you know what the largest single cause of death in South Africa is? The largest single cause of death is what in the medical statistics is called external causes and that is violence in the society. For instance I've seen figures that say that if you take the male age cohort from16 to 45 years, 54% of the people who die in that age cohort die from external causes.” PeopleIfsKnowsYearsAgeDiesCausesViolenceFiguresSouthMalesMedicalInstanceStatisticsDo You KnowSouth Africa Author:Thabo Mbeki
“As a medical doctor, it is my duty to evaluate the situation with as much data as I can gather and as much expertise as I have and as much experience as I have to determine whether or not the wish of the patient is medically justified.” I CanWishSituationDutyDoctorsPatientDetermineMedicalDataTranquilityJustifiedExpertiseEvaluateMedical Doctor Author:Jack Kevorkian
“We have medicalized a lot of things that I think are not really medical conditions.” ThinkingConditionsMedicalMedical Conditions Author:Darold Treffert
“I'm trying to knock the medical profession into accepting its responsibilities, and those responsibilities include assisting their patients with death.” TryingResponsibilityAcceptingPatientProfessionMedicalMedical ProfessionAssisting Author:Jack Kevorkian
“Medical science begin to notice for good health, peace of mind, self-confidence, optimism is something very important. And also preventive measure.” MindImportantSelfOptimismMedicalSelf ConfidencePeace Of MindGood HealthMedical Science Author:Dalai Lama
“Abortion is not a theological problem, it is a human problem, it is a medical problem. You kill one person to save another, in the best case scenario. Or to live comfortably, no? It's against the Hippocratic oaths doctors must take.” HumansPersonsProblemCasesDoctorsMedicalAbortionScenariosOathTheologicalHuman ProblemsMedical Problems Author:Pope Francis
“If the Health Impact Fund were to be instituted, a single company would be in charge of a medical product all the way from its conception to the health improvements realized by actual patients. The company would be paid for health impact, and it would have to arrange the entire pipeline in between - all the steps of invention, of clinical testing, of getting marketing approval in many different countries, of wholesalers and retailers and prescriptions and so on - in a holistically optimal way.” IfsWayDifferentCountryWould BeCompanyStepsProductsPaidImpactPatientMarketingMedicalImprovementInventionFundConceptionApprovalTestingPrescriptionsClinicalsDifferent CountriesPipelineOptimalRetailers Author:Thomas Pogge
“In the field of medicine, if you're sick you need a doctor. A doctor has already studied how to deal with your ailments, and human beings are imperfect. There any many ailments of the psyche and the soul that need to be treated, and the serious murshid, or spiritual master, is also really a doctor of the soul: a person who can heal the wounds of the soul in the same way as a medical doctor takes care of our physical problems.” IfsWayNeedsHumansPersonsSoulProblemCareSpiritualHuman BeingsDealsFieldsSeriousMastersDoctorsSickMedicineTake CareMedicalWoundsHealTreatedImperfectAilmentsSpiritual MastersMedical Doctor Author:Seyyed Hossein Nasr
“The difference between EAZY E the artist and Eric Wright the human being, was two separate worlds apart. Behind closed doors, Eazy-E was a real generous giver, A true philanthropist.In 1991, I remember when Eazy-E drove out to Fontana California to drop off $20,000 cash because my twin boys were having hernia problems & and slight medical issues because of being born premature. He stopped his meeting & drove to give me the cash for my twins operations.” WorldGivingHumansTwoRealProblemRememberArtistBornDifferencesHuman BeingsBehindsBoysIssuesDoorsGive MeMeetingsMedicalCaliforniaOperationsGenerousCashTwinsRemember WhenGiverEricPrematureClosed DoorsPhilanthropistBehind Closed DoorsWorlds ApartHerniasEazy E Author:Kokane
“I'm fortunate. I've always had medical care. I've always had access. I've never personally had to use a Planned Parenthood. But I have many friends who have and do and did, and I think it's important that that access be there for everyone.” ThinkingImportantUseCareAccessMedicalFortunateParenthoodMany FriendsPlanned ParenthoodMedical Care Author:Shonda Rhimes
“I think the point of America, our planet, the reason we're all here, one of the best things that we can do is be concerned about something even when it doesn't concern us. That's the whole point. The fact that I've never had to use a Planned Parenthood, the fact that I've never been in need of medical services I couldn't afford or didn't have access to, doesn't mean I shouldn't be concerned about the fact that other women don't have that access.” ThinkingNeedsMeanReasonWholeFactsUseAmericaCan DoPlanetsConcernConcernedAccessMedicalBest ThingsParenthoodOur PlanetPlanned Parenthood Author:Shonda Rhimes
“I read a lot of studies about the fact that there is a bias in the way health care is doled out, down to the fact that most medical studies are done on men, not women, so most dosages are planned for men, not women, and on and on. And more than that, women's pain is gauged differently and their complaints are received differently. And the idea that there's a place where you can go where everything is geared toward you, as a woman, is great. But it's a shame that we need to find places that are "safe" when the world, the whole world, should be a safe place.” MenWorldWayNeedsShouldIdeasDoneWholeFactsCarePainStudySafeShameMedicalWhole WorldHealth CareBiasComplaintsSafe PlacesDosage Author:Shonda Rhimes
“LSD is no longer playing a bad role in the drug scene and psychiatrists are again trying to submit their proposals for research with this substance to the health authorities. I hope that LSD will again become available in the normal way, for the medical profession. Then it could play the role it really should, a beneficial role.” WayShouldTryingPlayRolesSceneDrugAuthorityNormalResearchAvailableProfessionMedicalSubstanceSubmitBeneficialProposalPsychiatristLsdMedical Profession Author:Albert Hofmann
“Most people may not think about it, but the aftermath of war is very costly. Costly not just in lives, but the treatment. Because of the efficiency of our transportation system, the efficiency of our medical technicians, people are surviving.” PeopleThinkingMayWarMedicalTreatmentEfficiencySurvivingTransportationAftermathTechnicians Author:Daniel Inouye
“You see we're a country that talks about family values. But we haven't passed anything to help family values since the Family and Medical Leave Act. And the Family and Medical Leave Act was one of the first things I voted on when I came to Congress. It was very thrilling to me, because when my first child was born, I was terrified of being fired. When my second child was born, I was a member of the city council, and in some ways it was easier to respond to 250 constituents than it was to respond to one employer.” ChildrenCountryHelpingValuesMedicalFamily Values Author:Carolyn Maloney
“I thought - being a musician doesn't help your medical credibility really. Although I started to rethink that when I learned that Albert Einstein was quite a violinist and in fact would perform a lot with symphonies. So if it's good enough for Albert, it's good enough for me.” EnoughHelpingMusicianMedicalGood EnoughCredibilityViolinist Author:Neal Barnard
“Stay out of the sun, because it is the worst thing in terms of aging. I'm very medical. I come from a medical family.” TermSunWorstAgingMedicalWorst Things Author:Nicole Kidman
“It's very intimidating looking at the script and realizing that you have to say medical jargon as if you've said them a million times before, and they're just a part of your vocabulary. But that's what preparing is for, and you can't just really wing it. You've got to really know what you're doing.” RealizingMedicalIntimidating Author:Odette Annable
“It's absurd we remain the only major country on earth not to guarantee health care to all people and paid family and medical leave.” PeopleCountryCareEarthMedicalAbsurdHealth Care Author:Bernie Sanders
“When you're having a conversation with someone who, despite his brilliant medical career, says he's going to produce the film, you think, "How's he gonna do this? Is he insane, or is he really going to pull this off? It might be both." It's really amazing to see someone do what he's done.” ThinkingDoneFilmBrilliantMedicalInsaneReally AmazingMedical Care Author:Chris Cornell
“Along with some things I've seen in my own life, it showed me that depression needs to be treated in the same way that other medical conditions are. We don't necessarily think about it in the same light, but it should be taken seriously and people should get help. And we should talk about it and not be ashamed about it.” PeopleThinkingHelpingTakenMedicalAshamed Author:Samira Wiley
“We're the only developed country in the world that doesn't have paid maternity leave. Paternity leave is just as important. Paid family medical leave so that you can take care of a parent, a child, a grandparent, whatever you need to do. I think we're shortsighted when we don't invest in our employees as companies, and as an economy, because we invest in them and they invest back in us.” ThinkingWorldChildrenImportantCountryCareParentEconomyTake CareMedicalEmployeeGrandparent Author:Sheryl Sandberg
“I don't ever feel a full transition to my character. I don't ever feel like I have left myself, because if I did, I would need professional medical attention. I always have to keep my own wits about me, or I would miss a mark on the floor, or be unable to follow the director's advice from the last take. However, when I'm at my best, I feel like I'm doing an impression of a person I've never met. It feels complete, and yet improvised.” CharacterAttentionAdviceMissingMedicalWitImpression Author:Bryce Pinkham
“We talk a lot about how abortion is a medical procedure, but actually if you look at what the other side is doing, they're trying to legislate a very narrow, pretty extreme ideological worldview on the American people.” PeopleTryingMedicalAbortionWorldviewIdeological Author:Nancy Northup
“In the country, our best years economically were from the 1940s into the 1970s, when we had the best public works - we call it infrastructure today - in the history of the world. Highways, bridges, water and sewer, community colleges and medical research. We don't do that the way we used to.” WorldCountryTodayWaterCommunityCollegeMedicalWorld HistoryCommunity College Author:Paul Solman
“When I went to Harvard Law School I became interested in the connection between legal standards for safety and automobile engineering design. At that time, it was all blamed on a "nut behind the wheel," so-called, the driver. But I knew that the vehicle had a great deal to do with that because I had come across some Air Force-sponsored studies at medical schools. The Air Force found they were losing more men on the highways than in the Korean War.” MenWarSchoolStudyDesignLosingSafetyMedicalVehicleAutomobileKoreanAir ForceLaw SchoolMedical School Author:Ralph Nader
“People are scared of falling sick in Indonesia, because Indonesia has one of the most compassionless medical systems in the world, totally abandoned to market forces. Medical care here is just 'business', as everything else here has become 'business'. It is quite terrifying and grotesque.” PeopleWorldCareFallSickScaredMedicalAbandonedMedical Care Author:Andre Vltchek
“We have to remember that the quality of medical care in Indonesia is on par with Kenya or Tanzania, not with Malaysia or Thailand, and that the system is totally corrupt, financially and morally, and would never allow anything 'public', or 'free'.” CareRememberQualityMedicalMedical Care Author:Andre Vltchek