“I gotta tell you, right at the top of my list would be taking vitamins. I know that over the years doctors have said they're ridiculous and all that. But I started taking my vitamins at an early age. And I take them every day. Every bloody day! So I think that's number one. For whatever reason, I feel active and pretty good at my age.” ThinkingKnowsFeelsYearsSaidReasonWould BeAgeNumbersDoctorsActiveListsRidiculousBloodyVitamins Author:Regis Philbin
“I wrote for years before I was ever published, and I don't think I could ever stop. That said, I was also a veterinarian before I sold my first book, and I still volunteer my time to help with animal welfare causes. So that is a career I would be happy to return to - while still secretly writing strange stories back in my doctor's office.” ThinkingWritingYearsFirstsSaidStillsBookHelpingStoriesWould BeCausesAnimalCareersStrangeReturnOfficeDoctorsWelfareMy TimeVolunteerAnimal WelfareVeterinarianStrange Stories Author:James Rollins
“I had a certificate that said, 'Doctor of Mixology, Harvard University,' that I actually got from Harvard University. A friend of mine was a research assistant over there and it was one of those student or university perks and she brought me in on that. So I am a doctorate from Harvard and it only took me one afternoon.” SaidStudentsMinesResearchDoctorsUniversityAfternoonHarvardAssistantsPerksCertificatesDoctoratesHarvard University Author:Ronda Rousey
“By 'flat' I did not mean that the world is getting equal. I said that more people in more places can now compete, connect and collaborate with equal power and equal tools than ever before. That's why an Indian in Bangalore can take care of the office work of American doctors or read the X-rays of German hospitals.” PeopleWorldMeanSaidCareEqualOfficeToolsDoctorsTake CareIndianFlatsHospitalsRaysOffice WorkBangaloreEqual Power Author:Thomas Friedman
“Everyone works in the service of man. We doctors work directly on man himself... The great mystery of man is Jesus: 'He who visits a sick person, helps me,' Jesus said... Just as the priest can touch Jesus, so do we touch Jesus in the bodies of our patients... We have opportunities to do good that the priest doesn't have. Our mission is not finished when medicines are no longer of use. We must bring the soul to God; our word has some authority... Catholic doctors are so necessary!” MenPersonsSaidSoulHelpingUseBodyInspirationFaithOpportunityJesusMysteryAuthorityDoctorsSickCatholicMedicinePatientMissionsFinishedChristian InspirationalHelp MePriestsOur WordsSick Person Author:Gianna Beretta Molla
“Doctor Johnson said, that in sickness there were three things that were material; the physician, the disease, and the patient: and if any two of these joined, then they get the victory; for, Ne Hercules quidem contra duos [Not even Hercules himself is a match for two]. If the physician and the patient join, then down goes the disease; for then the patient recovers: if the physician and the disease join, that is a strong disease; and the physician mistaking the cure, then down goes the patient: if the patient and the disease join, then down goes the physician; for he is discredited.” IfsSaidTwoScienceThreeStrongMaterialsVictoryDiseaseDoctorsPatientCuresSicknessPhysiciansThree ThingsJohnsonDuos Author:Francis Bacon
“I asked [my doctors] if I'd be able to play singles tennis and they said I could. That made me very happy since I haven't played in five years.” IfsYearsMadeSaidPlayAbleFiveHavensDoctorsTennisFive YearsThey SaidVery HappySingles Author:Walter Cronkite
“I was given five injections. That evening I developed extremely high fever. I was trembling. My arms and my legs were swollen, huge size. Mengele and Dr. Konig and three other doctors came in the next morning. They looked at my fever chart, and Dr. Mengele said, laughingly, 'Too bad, she is so young. She has only two weeks to live ..'” SaidTwoYoungThreeNextGivenMorningFiveWeekHugeArmsDoctorsSizeLegsEveningDrsFeverTwo WeeksTremblingSwollenInjection Author:Eva Mozes Kor
“My doctor said, for want of a better word, now that we've got medicines out here that can help, let's put you on one of them and say we're treating MS.” WantSaidHelpingDoctorsMedicine Author:Teri Garr
“It is well said, then, that it is by doing just acts that the just man is produced, and by doing temperate acts the temperate man; without doing these no one would have even a prospect of becoming good. But most people do not do these, but take refuge in theory and think they are being philosophers and will become good in this way, behaving somewhat like patients who listen attentively to their doctors, but do none of the things they are ordered to do.” PeopleThinkingMenWayWellsSaidTheoryBecomingDoctorsPatientPhilosopherRefugeWell SaidNicomachean Ethics Book:Complete Works of Aristotle, Volume 2: The Revised Oxford Translation Source: Complete Works of Aristotle, Volume 2: The Revised Oxford Translation
“[After a poor prognosis for recovery from her doctor following her 1990 bus accident] I said if it is up to me, I'm going to be OK.” IfsSaidPoorDoctorsFollowingAccidentsRecoveryBusPrognosis Author:Gloria Estefan
“I was once being interviewed by Barbara Walters. In between two of the segments she asked me: "But what would you do if the doctor gave you only six months to live?" I said, "Type faster." This was widely quoted, but the "six months" was changed to "six minutes," which bothered me. It's "six months."” IfsSaidTwoMinutesChangedTypeMonthsSixDoctorsFasterSix MonthsBotheredBarbara Author:Isaac Asimov
“Someone in the society has to deal with the reality that there are finite resources and we're making trade-offs, and be explicit about that. When the car companies were found to have a memo that actually said, "This safety feature costs X and saved Y lives," the very existence of that memo was considered damning. Or when you made it reimbursable for a doctor to ask, "Do you want heroic care at the end-of-life," that was a death panel. No, it wasn't a death panel! It was asking somebody to make a decision.” WantMadeSaidEndsRealityCareAsksFoundDecisionDealsExistenceCompanyCarCostResourcesDoctorsAskingSafetyTradeSavedMade ItFeaturesHeroicFiniteEnd Of LifeExplicitTrade OffsMemos Author:Bill Gates
“People thought I was a charlatan and a nut. The doctors were against me -- they said that working out with weights would give people heart attacks and they would lose their sex drive.” PeopleGivingHeartSaidSexLosesDoctorsWeightWork OutNutsThey SaidHeart AttackCharlatansSex Drive Author:Jack LaLanne
“Yesterday the DEA raided several NFL teams suspected of giving prescription painkillers to their players. In its defense, the New York Jets' doctor said, 'We don't give painkillers to our players. We give them to our fans.'” GivingSaidPlayerTeamFansNew YorkDoctorsDefenseYesterdayNflJetPrescriptionsPainkillers Author:Conan O'Brien
“The three most celebrated doctors on the island have been to see me. One sniffed at what I spat, the second tapped where I spat from, and the third sounded me and listened as I spat. The first said I was dead, the second that I was dying and the third that I'm going to die.” FirstsHas BeensSaidDeathDiesThreeDyingHealthDoctorsThirdsIslandsSpats Author:Frederic Chopin
“His doctors said he was, in many ways, the most remarkable patient they'd ever seen. His bravery, so stark and real, that even those used to seeing people in dire circumstances were moved by his example.” PeopleWaySaidRealUsedSeeingExampleCircumstancesDoctorsBaseballBraveryMovedPatientRemarkableStarks Author:Bob Costas
“I've been racking my brain. I've been trying to figure out how Bob Dole's luggage got on my airplane...I told the doctor, I said, 'Look, I'm worried about the next election.' ... A misunderstanding.” TryingLooksSaidNextBrainStupidFiguresDoctorsElectionWorriedAirplaneBobMisunderstandingHatefulLuggage Author:Rush Limbaugh