Doctor Quotes by Robert Jarvik

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

— Robert Jarvik

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

— Robert Jarvik

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

— Robert Jarvik

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

— Robert Jarvik

The artificial heart is very effective as a bridge to transplant, but the number of people that can be saved with human hearts is…

— Robert Jarvik

Our ad campaign with Pfizer is educational. Lipitor is the most widely prescribed drug in the country. For every prescription, there is a doctor…

— Robert Jarvik

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

— Robert Jarvik

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

— Robert Jarvik

The United States has an active pharmaceutical industry that has brought huge benefits to the U.S. public. Most Americans, who benefit from these advances,…

— Robert Jarvik

I am, in fact, a medical doctor; I am a world expert in mechanical heart technology; and I am an athletically fit man who…

— Robert Jarvik

As spokesman for Lipitor, I have been an advocate of preventive medicine in addition to my work with the Jarvik 2000 Heart, which has…

— Robert Jarvik

I am a medical scientist, not a practical physician.

— Robert Jarvik

As a medical doctor who chose a career in artificial heart technology rather than clinical practice, I decided not to take an internship, which…

— Robert Jarvik

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

— Robert Jarvik

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

— Robert Jarvik