she used surgeon-like precision to sever his carotid artery.

“Tears wet my eyes. I’m a surgeon. I like solving things. But how do I solve this?”

— Atul Gawande

I have made many mistakes myself; in learning the anatomy of the eye I dare say, I have spoiled a hatfull; the best surgeon,…

— Astley Cooper

She had no mercy. He looked at her neck and thought how he would like to jab it with the knife he had for…

— W. Somerset Maugham

Acting is a great way to make a living, especially when I consider what my alternatives were and probably still are. I mean, you…

— James Spader

And If the surgeon is like a poet, then the scars you have made on countless bodies are like verses into the fashioning of…

— Richard Selzer

My dad was a surgeon in Egypt. He was a general surgeon. As a little boy I always admired what he was doing, and…

— Magdi Yacoub

War is the only proper school of the surgeon.

— Hippocrates

My dad was a doctor and surgeon. He was the fifth generation of his family to become a doctor.

— Ken Kercheval

I'd rather spend half an hour in the company of a top carpenter, than three hours in the company of an average brain surgeon

— Winston Churchill

I do not intend to use the Surgeon General's Office as a bully pulpit for gun control.

— Vivek Murthy

You can be anything. You could be the President of the United States or the inventor of the next Internet or a ninja cardio-thoracic…

— Cameron Russell

“The reader, knowing nothing about the ‘dark continent,’ filled in the blanks. Pictured Stone in a tent, kerosene lamp held up by a Hottentot…

— Abraham Verghese

Well, we're just a couple of weeks from new President Barack Obama being sworn in. And he's been very busy naming a lot of…

— David Letterman

“I could see that the almost mystical aura of this legendary surgeon -- the single-mindedness, the dedication, the skill -- was mere surface. The…

— Abraham Verghese

“A trained surgeon is also a potential killer, and an important bit of the training lies in accepting the fact. Your intent is entirely…

— Diana Gabaldon