It is not always worth the discomforts of major surgery to get minor recovery.

The only similarity between the car and the human body is that if something is seriously wrong with the design of the former you can send it back to its maker.

The modern haematologist, instead of describing in English what he can see, prefers to describe in Greek what he can’t.

For many doctors the achievement of a published article is a tedious duty to be surmounted as a necessary hurdle in a medical career.

Gynaecologists are very smooth indeed. Because they have to listen to woeful and sordid symptoms they develop an expression of refinement and sympathy.

Despair is better treated with hope, not dope.

Too often a sister puts all her patients back to bed as a housewife puts all her plates back in the plate-rack-to make a generally tidy appearance.

I knew I loved you before I met youI think I dreamed you into lifeI knew I loved you before I met youI have been waiting all my life

When in doubt, shoot 1st and ask questions later, but avoid the head, "because they'rea lot more likely to answer if they're not dead.

Discipline is when we postpone the pleasure of today for the benefit of tomorrow.

Some of the greatest moments in human history were fueled by emotional intelligence.

The vast majority of the students I have taught have become self-sufficient and confident individuals who enjoy their lives.

My job was to teach the whole corpus of economic theory, but there were two subjects in which I was especially interested, namely, the economics of mass unemployment and international economics.

It's easy to create something that has a lot of luster, but it's very hard to make something that has a lot of depth.

No matter how good you are at something, there's always about a million people better than you.

I don't mind talking about acting. I don't have anything interesting to say about it, but it's interesting talking about it.

I no longer try to be right; I choose to be happy.