Robert Jarvik Quotes

Leaders are visionaries with a poorly developed sense of fear and no concept of the odds against them.

The artificial heart is very effective as a bridge to transplant, but the number of people that can be saved with human hearts is limited. A perfect artificial heart could save many more patients.

Lipitor is one of the most researched medicines. I'm glad I take Lipitor, as a doctor, and a dad.

This idea that clumsy, stumbling people are real bright is ridiculous, because intelligence is related to neurologic function, and really intelligent people are very well-coordinated.

I am a medical scientist, not a practical physician. I think it's very upfront. I am a doctor. I have long experience with heart disease.

I do not practice clinical medicine and hence do not treat individual patients. My career is in medical science.

I am a medical scientist, not a practical physician.

I knew that my father was going to die of heart disease, and I was trying to make a heart for him.

There is a clear matter that I am not a practicing physician; I have never been a practitioner; everybody has known for decades.

Leaders are visionaries with a poorly developed sense of fear and no concept of the odds against them. They make the impossible happen.

I accepted the role of spokesman for Lipitor because I am dedicated to the battle against heart disease, which killed my father at age 62 and motivated me to become a medical doctor.