I grew up in a completely bookless household. It was my father's boast that he had never read a book from end… — John le Carre Copy Share Image
When I was in the hospital, everyone was worried for me, and I realised that I had to do something in my… — Arunima Sinha Copy Share Image
My father was a doctor in Moravia, in the south of the country. There were a number of Jewish doctors in the… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
I don't remember being put into the coma, but I do have a lot of weird memories from being under. This may… — Emily V. Gordon Copy Share Image
As well as being my doctor, Mohammad Jawad is so kind and caring and we have a father/daughter relationship. When I left… — Katie Piper Copy Share Image
I don't get upset if people think I'm crazy. If you go to a mental hospital and someone calls you a name,… — Jacque Fresco Copy Share Image
My first show was in Patkar Hall next to Bombay Hospital. It was a total flop. I was so nervous standing in… — Johnny Lever Copy Share Image
New York was scarier than Baltimore ever was. It was terrible in the '70s. I'm glad they cleaned it up. I got… — John Waters Copy Share Image
When I fell pregnant in 2013, I wanted to come off my medication. But my doctor said, 'You won't be able to… — Frankie Bridge Copy Share Image
Until I was seven, I was very close to my mother because I was so ill and she had to teach me… — Toyah Willcox Copy Share Image
“What have you done to your hair?” Mom’s broken voice said, pinning me back to this tiny hospital room. “Holy shit!” Icka… — Phoebe Kitanidis Copy Share Image
My wife has always been positive. In the hospital my brother-in-law was trying to prepare her for the worst, but she said,… — Alex Zanardi Copy Share Image
Anything to do with children, sign me up! I work a lot with St. Jude's Children's Hospital, which is an incredible hospital… — Lily Aldridge Copy Share Image
“The first night in the hospital with a snuffling baby girl, I learned that my family was not the only thing that… — Anna White Copy Share Image
I'm lucky not to have suffered any severe problems with my mental health but there have been lows, like when Callum was… — Chris Hoy Copy Share Image
I worked a lot of non-acting jobs for a really long time. They ranged from auto mechanic to landscaper to manual labor… — Michael Madsen Copy Share Image
After tests, doctors discovered a couple of blockages in my heart. They said it didn't need urgent remedial surgery. It didn't have… — Shatrughan Sinha Copy Share Image
It's hard for people sometimes to relate to me. They weren't in the military, they weren't injured overseas in Iraq, they weren't… — J. R. Martinez Copy Share Image
They are very healthy. Yes, they were sucking and breathing on their own and everything when they came out. So there was… — Cheryl Tiegs Copy Share Image
Sometimes, patients with serious mental illness, just as with other serious medical illnesses, require hospitalization. In the absence of available public or… — Thomas R. Insel Copy Share Image
“Right leg gone ? Her right leg? She couldn’t see anything except the man hanging over and a gold-coloured ceiling, high, high… — Will McIntosh Copy Share Image
When I was younger and obsessed with becoming an artist, the hospital was my New York loft apartment. I would move the… — Claire Wineland Copy Share Image
“It’s easier to hang out with the patients in the indoor garden, with its sunlight and picnic tables. Easier to forget that… — Corrine Jackson Copy Share Image
If you're rich, you can leave a library, a building, or a hospital wing. But writing leaves behind a visceral sense of… — Claire Messud Copy Share Image
When you are the parent of someone who is a chronic pain sufferer, you end up creating these binders for all of… — Chandra Wilson Copy Share Image
My parents were working in a hospital in Memphis. But I didn't live there for any length of time that I remember.… — Morgan Freeman Copy Share Image
I was in hospital for eight days and when I came home I probably slept for 18 to 20 hours a day… — Ryan Mason Copy Share Image
I had a heart attack and it was touch and go. I was in intensive care, my body was frozen. I had… — Shakin' Stevens Copy Share Image
Getting a pedicure seems to be a standard pre-birth ritual, presumably because it is relaxing and makes you feel pretty even though… — Faith Salie Copy Share Image
When I was about nine, I was rushed to hospital to have my appendix removed. Like any child, I was more concerned… — Dervla Kirwan Copy Share Image
Getting diagnosed with cancer at 22 really magnified the in-betweenness that I felt. All of my friends were starting careers and going… — Suleika Jaouad Copy Share Image
When a hospital isn't under as much pressure, you start to see things slowing down, and it might take five, six, seven… — Leo Varadkar Copy Share Image
Growing up, I was in and out of trouble in group homes and other institutions, and when I was 14, I was… — Gbenga Akinnagbe Copy Share Image
It wasn't such a pleasant experience. We went through 14 hours with contractions every two minutes, no epidural, no nothing. Every two… — Camila Alves Copy Share Image
There’s something about hospital walls; though only made of bricks and plaster, when you’re inside them the noise, the reality of the… — Kate Morton Copy Share Image
If one of you pass out and go to the emergency room, the hospital has to see you. But when you go… — Corrine Brown Copy Share Image
See, my philosophy is had Beyonce or Solange came to me and said Dad, I want to be a doctor. My personality… — Mathew Knowles Copy Share Image
When I crash during a race and injure myself, what's the point in whinging? Because I put myself in that position. No… — Guy Martin Copy Share Image
I once treated a 24-year-old construction worker who had scraped his leg but could not afford to take off work. By the… — Leana S. Wen Copy Share Image
I'll tell you what a friendship is to me. Friendship to me is, if my friends need my little finger to live,… — Udo Kier Copy Share Image
