“The main aim of education should be to send children out into the world with a reasonably sized anthology in their heads so that, while seated on the lavatory, waiting in doctors' surgeries, on stationary trains or watching interviews with politicians, they may have something interesting to think about.” ThinkingWorldShouldMayChildrenWaitingInterestingEducationPoliticianDoctorsAimTrainInterviewsSurgeryAnthologySomething InterestingStationaryAim Of Education Author:John Mortimer
“Science and vivisection make no appeal to a theological idea, much less a political one. You can argue with a theologian or a politician, but doctors are sacrosanct. They know; you do not. Science has its mystique much more powerful than any religion active today.” KnowsIdeasTodaySciencePoliticalAnimalPowerfulPoliticianDoctorsActiveArguingAppealsAnimal RightsTheologianTheologicalMystiqueVivisection Book:Strength to Your Sword Arm: Selected Writings Source: Strength to Your Sword Arm: Selected Writings
“Howard Dean is a politician, a medical doctor and a Democrat. So he has three reasons to tell women to take off their clothes now.” ReasonThreePoliticianClothesDoctorsDemocratMedicalDeanMedical Doctor Author:Jay Leno
“Americans, too many of them, take themselves too seriously. You're going to get rapped - by the viewers, by the sponsors and by the network brass - if you joke about doctors, lawyers, dentists, scientists, bus drivers, I don't care who. You can't make a joke about Catholics, Negroes, Jews, Italians, politicians, dogs or cats. In fact, politicians, dogs and cats are the most sacred institutions in America.” IfsFactsCareAmericaDogPoliticianJokesCatDoctorsScientistCatholicInstitutionsSacredJewDon't CareLawyerI Don't CareDriversBusViewersDentistBrassSponsorsCat And DogBus Driver Author:Johnny Carson
“he very word "patient" implies passivity and powerlessness. Me-teacher-you-dumbbell, or me-doctor-you-patient, or me-politician-you-voter, or any other paternalistic or maternalistic stay-in-your-place tradition will not pass muster with me.” TeacherPoliticianTraditionDoctorsPatientVotersPowerlessnessPassivityMusterDumbbells Author:Andrew Saul
“I'm a doctor and a politician. Weapons are foreign to me.” PoliticianWeaponsDoctors Author:Ayad Allawi
“Let's be clear: all professions look bad in the movies. And there's a good reason for this. Movies don't portray career paths, they conscript interesting lifestyles to serve a plot. So lawyers are all unscrupulous and doctors are all uncaring. Psychiatrists are all crazy, and politicians are all corrupt. All cops are psychopaths, and all businessmen are crooks. Even moviemakers come off badly: directors are megalomaniacs, actors are spoiled brats. Since all occupations are portrayed negatively, why expect scientists to be treated differently?” LooksReasonActorsInterestingCareersPathClearCrazyPoliticianDirectorsDoctorsScientistProfessionLawyerLifestyleTreatedPlotOccupationCopBusinessmanPsychiatristSpoiledPsychopathCrooksCareer PathBratUncaringInteresting LifeMegalomaniacsSpoiled Brat Author:Michael Crichton
“Like other magicians, Obama has chosen his distractions well. The insurance industry is currently his favorite distraction as scapegoats, after he has tried to demonize doctors without much success . . . . Obama even gets away with saying things like having a system to 'keep insurance companies honest' - and many people may not see the painful irony in politicians trying to keep other people honest.” PeopleTryingWellsMayCompanyHonestIndustryPoliticianDoctorsPainfulChosenIronyGet AwayDistractionMagicianScapegoatInsurance Companies Author:Thomas Sowell
“Everyone should get dirt on his hands each day. Doctors, intellectuals. Politicians, most of all. How can we presume to uplift the life of the working man, if we don't respect his work?” IfsMenShouldHandsPoliticianDoctorsUpliftingEach DayDirtWorking Man Book:The Lacuna Source: The Lacuna
“I'm a medical doctor by training. I'm a physician, not a politician. And I'm in this as a mother on fire.” MotherFirePoliticianTrainingDoctorsMedicalPhysiciansMedical Doctor Author:Jill Stein
“I'm a medical doctor by training. I'm a physician, not a politician. And I'm in this as a mother on fire. You could say, very concerned about our younger generation that does not have the jobs they need to get themselves out of the debt that they're in. And have the full weight of the climate crisis exploding on them - on their watch.” NeedsDoeJobsMotherWatchesFireGenerationsPoliticianTrainingConcernedDoctorsWeightCrisisClimateDebtMedicalPhysiciansYounger GenerationExplodingMedical Doctor Author:Jill Stein
“I think people feel threatened by homosexuality. The problem isn't about gay people, the problem is about the attitude towards gay people. People think that all gays are Hannibal Lecters. But gay people are sons and daughters, politicians and doctors, American heroes and daughters of American heroes.” PeopleThinkingFeelsProblemMotherAttitudeSonHeroPoliticianGayDaughterDoctorsHomosexualityThreatenedGay PeopleSon And DaughterAmerican Hero Author:Hollis Stacy