“Imagine if one should drag an innocent passer-by from the street to the operating room of a nearby hospital and force him… — Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn Copy Share Image
“I’d spent my entire life in Seattle, watching others pass me by, day after day, completely oblivious to me. I remained along… — Nicole Sobon Copy Share Image
One of my surgical giant friends had in his operating room a sign "If the operation is difficult, you aren't doing it… — Joseph Murray Copy Share Image
“After three hours, I come back to the waiting room. It is a cosmetic surgery office, so a little like a hotel… — Joan Nestle Riki Anne Wilchins Clare Howell Copy Share Image
I was asked by an NPR reporter once, why don't I talk about race that often. I said it's because I'm a… — Benjamin Carson Copy Share Image
There are a hell of a lot of jobs that are scarier than live comedy. Like standing in the operating room when… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
Especially during the hot weather, we have been so greatly hampered by infections despite our utmost care, and since we have lost… — Frederick Banting Copy Share Image
“They [the dying in hospitals] did not blow up in mid-air like Kraft or the dead man in Yossarian's tent, or freeze… — Joseph Heller Copy Share Image
If you look at some of the clips of me in the operating room, I sit in the chair, I control the… — Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa Copy Share Image
“Another common practice, the reps told us, was to take fancy meals to the entire doctor’s office (one of the perks of… — Dan Ariely Copy Share Image
God would grant all of us wisdom, calm, and peace, that his presence would be in the operating room, and that his… — Benjamin Carson Copy Share Image
Football has done so much for me, given me friends, family, given me life lessons that now I can use in the… — Myron Rolle Copy Share Image
“This may sound like too much regimentation for you, but whether it’s that or needed discipline depends on your point of view.… — Andrew S. Grove Copy Share Image
“Mundane, boring stories--not interesting ones--are the ideal in an operating room.” — Wolf Pascoe Copy Share Image
The place where we were operating was not fit to be called an operating room. Aseptic work had not been done in… — Frederick Banting Copy Share Image
“Block said. “I mean, he’s a professor emeritus. He’s never watched a football game in my conscious memory. The whole picture—it wasn’t… — Atul Gawande Copy Share Image
Operating-room errors hold a special terror for patients, if only because they seem like the most avoidable kind of complications. The occasional… — Jeffrey Kluger Copy Share Image
“The operating room turns you into somebody who's never wrong. Much like writing." "Writing turns you into somebody who's always wrong. The… — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
“Billy sipped the last of his coffee from the mug and shut down his laptop. 1,000 words wasn’t great but it also… — Amanda M. Lyons Copy Share Image
Creativity or talent, like electricity, is something I don’t understand but something I’m able to harness and use. While electricity remains a… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I was especially impressed with Pauley Pavilion [at UCLA campus ]. The floors hadn't been laid down yet, when they gave me… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
“The following year, she quit. Several things were bothering her. Safety protocols seemed to have no bearing on actual practice; she saw… — Jennifer Block Copy Share Image
My curling personality really had the killer instinct, compared to the real me. I kind of liken it to when a surgeon… — Colleen Jones Copy Share Image
“As I was wheeled into the operating room I pleaded with God for one more day, one more week, one more month… — Ariana Carruth Copy Share Image
My vantage point on the world is the operating room where I see my patients. — Atul Gawande Copy Share Image
