“Anything that could be conceived of that would separate black people from white people was devised and codified by someone in some state in the South. There were colored and white waiting rooms everywhere, from doctor's offices to the bus stations, as people may already know.” PeopleKnowsMayStatesWaitingBlackWhiteRoomsOfficeDoctorsSouthStationsBusBlack PeopleWaiting Rooms Author:Isabel Wilkerson
“But whatever you do, take neither yourselves nor your fellow-creatures too seriously. There is tragedy enough in our daily routine, but there is room too for a keen sense of the absurdities and incongruities of life, and in the shifting panorama no one sees better than the doctor the perennial sameness of men’s ways.” MenWayEnoughRoomsCreaturesDoctorsTragedyFellowsRoutineAbsurdityShiftingSamenessDaily RoutinesIncongruityPanorama Book:The Quotable Osler Source: The Quotable Osler
“The less a writer discusses his work and himself the better. The master chef slaughters no chickens in the dining room; the doctor writes prescriptions in Latin; the magician hides his hinges, mirrors, and trapdoors with the utmost care.” WritingCareRoomsMastersDoctorsMirrorsChickensLatinChefMagicianSlaughterPrescriptionsDiningHingesDining Rooms Book:The Jack Vance Treasury Source: The Jack Vance Treasury
“It angers me that sick people have to wait for everything and everybody - doctors, nurses, callbacks, lab results, prescriptions, medications, technicians, treatment rooms. If illness is the embodiment of powerlessness, which, believe me, is true, then waiting is its temporal incarnation.” PeopleIfsBelieveWaitingRoomsResultsDoctorsSickIllnessTreatmentNurseBelieve In MeIncarnationPrescriptionsMedicationLabsEmbodimentPowerlessnessTechniciansCallbacks Book:How to Be a Friend to a Friend Who's Sick Source: How to Be a Friend to a Friend Who's Sick
“This game has taken a lot of guys over the years who would have had to work in factories and gas stations and made them prominent people. I only had a high school education, and believe me, I had to cheat to get that. There isn't a college in the world that would have me and yet in this business you can walk into a room with millionaires, doctors, professional people and get more attention than they get. I don't know any other business where you can do that.” PeopleKnowsWorldYearsBelieveMadeSchoolGuyGamesCan DoWalksRoomsAttentionTakenCollegeHigh SchoolDoctorsGasStationsFactoriesBelieve In MeCheatMillionaireProminentSchool EducationGas Stations Author:Sparky Anderson
“I'd like to have every gentleman and lady in this room commit themselves to get our government to legalize drugs. So they have to get it through a doctor, not just some gangsters who sell it under the table. Let's legalize drugs like they did in Amsterdam. No one's hiding or sneaking around corners to get it. They go to a doctor to get it.” GovernmentRoomsDrugDoctorsTablesSellsCornersCommitGentlemanHidingGangstersAround The CornerAmsterdamSneaking Around Author:Tony Bennett
“I don't know if there is some psychological thing of wanting to know where your doctor got his degree from before he comes into the medical room.” IfsKnowsRoomsDegreesDoctorsMedicalPsychological Author:John Oliver
“Italian hospitals are great. The doctor smoking in the emergency room will sign any prescription you ask for.” AsksRoomsDoctorsSmokingHospitalsItalianEmergenciesPrescriptionsEmergency Room Author:Derrick Williams
“Clinching the [County] Championship is a strange sensation... There's more atmosphere in a doctor's waiting room” WaitingRoomsStrangeDoctorsAtmosphereSensationsChampionshipCountyWaiting Rooms Author:Simon Hughes