“I told Mother of my decision to study medicine. She encouraged me to speak to Father... I began in a roundabout way... He listened, looking at me with that serious and penetrating gaze of his that caused me such trepidation, and asked whether I knew what I wanted to do.” WayWantedMotherFatherSpeakDecisionStudySeriousMedicineTrepidation Book:In praise of imperfection: my life and work Source: In praise of imperfection: my life and work
“My father didn't think being an artist was a respectable or worthy goal for a man. He hoped I would see my way to more serious work and would find myself turning towards medicine, law, or business.” ThinkingMenWayLawArtistFatherGoalSeriousMedicineWorthyMy WayRespectableBeing An ArtistSerious Work Author:Richard Diebenkorn
“Politics is the only serious. subject that men think themselves qualified to act upon without any previous education or instruction whatever. If it happened to be astronomy, or botany, or medicine, or law, he would never be allowed to work in any of these arts, or to take a decisive part in the history of any one of these sciences without having, at least, acquired: the A B C of it; but the awful fact of politics is that we do not take the trouble seriously to understand the political situation.” IfsThinkingMenArtFactsLawPoliticalSituationHappenedTroubleSubjectsSeriousElectionMedicineAstronomyAwfulInstructionQualifiedElection DayBotanySerious Subjects Author:Hugh Price Hughes
“Chaga is significant in ethnomycology, forest ecology, and increasingly in pharmacognosy. Its long-term human use and cultural eastern European and Russian acceptance should awaken serious researchers to its potential as a reservoir of new medicines, and as a powerful preventive ally for protecting DNA.” ShouldHumansLongUseTermPowerfulAcceptanceSeriousMedicineSignificantForestsLong TermAlliesEcologyEasternDnaResearchersReservoirs Author:Paul Stamets
“Historians of the future will find it incredible that we mutilated babies by cutting off the end of their penises in the name of medicine. There are now serious concerns this routine procedure may actually deprive adult men of a vital part of their sexual sensitivity.” MenMayEndsNamesCuttingSeriousBabyAdultsConcernMedicineIncrediblesRoutineHistorianSensitivityProceduresCutting Off Author:Dean Edell
“Our home had many books due principally to the educational interests of my sister and two brothers, all of whom where serious students engaged in professional studies; my sister became a doctor of medicine and my brothers became lawyers.” TwoBookHomeInterestStudyStudentsSeriousBrotherDoctorsMedicineEducationalDuesLawyerEngagedMy BrotherMy SisterTwo Brothers Author:Frederick Reines
“Fear is like the strong medicine used to fight serious diseases; it purges, but it also alters your temperament and wears out the body organs. A person who is driven by fear will always be the weaker for it” PersonsBodyUsedFightingStrongSeriousDiseaseMedicineDrivenOrgansTemperament Author:Francois Fenelon
“You know, when you see a haircut of yourself from around 12 or 13, it's rough. I also had really bad acne. Where I had to take this medicine - serious medicine - with warning on the label, like, "Do NOT take this if you are pregnant." Thank God I wasn't pregnant at the time. But yeah, I just had bad haircuts, bad acne, and bad clothes for a long time. And probably still right now.” IfsKnowsLongStillsSeriousRight NowClothesLong TimeYeahMedicineLabelsRoughWarningThank GodPregnantHaircutsAcneBad Haircuts Author:Rob Huebel
“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