“There’s something wrong about trying to heal with a surgeon’s knife.” — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
A lot of people have misconceptions about what the surgeon general does. — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
If you walk into a plastic surgeon's office he's going to tell you to get plastic surgery, whether or not that's good… — Terry Dubrow Copy Share Image
When I began my tenure as surgeon general, I did not intend to focus on emotional well-being. — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
Whenever people want to talk about how hard it is to be an actor, I want to go, 'Um, it's hard to… — Jon Hamm Copy Share Image
If you decide to become a veterinary surgeon you will never grow rich, but you will have a life of endless interest… — James Herriot Copy Share Image
I'd rather spend half an hour in the company of a top carpenter, than three hours in the company of an average… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
A woman went to a plastic surgeon and asked him to make her like Bo Derek. He gave her a lobotomy. — Joan Rivers Copy Share Image
The plastic surgeon's knife slashes at time, which may seem to retreat, but then keeps on coming. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
I was a heart surgeon before I came to Congress, and I've worked many holidays on behalf of my patients. — Larry Bucshon Copy Share Image
I am a great admirer of Sen. Frist, who is a nationally known heart surgeon and well known in Nashville as a… — John Jay Hooker Copy Share Image
As 17th U.S. Surgeon General, I was privileged to serve as the nation's doctor. I focused much of my time on promoting… — Richard Carmona Copy Share Image
A surgeon will cut off a limb in order to protect the body from disease. And a commander-in-chief should pull out of… — Michael Huffington Copy Share Image
When I came home after my statutory term as surgeon general, I just resumed my life here in southern Arizona. Teaching at… — Richard Carmona Copy Share Image
As a director, I'm not the one animating every frame, every shot. I'm moving around like a surgeon on rounds, or a… — Henry Selick Copy Share Image
You can be anything. You could be the President of the United States or the inventor of the next Internet or a… — Cameron Russell Copy Share Image
“A skilled surgeon knows that cuts have to be made in order to operate, but the skilled surgeon also knows that the… — Kevlin Henney Copy Share Image
In mid-July 2007, after a routine mammogram, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. As cancer diagnoses go, mine wasn't particularly scary. The… — Virginia Postrel Copy Share Image
Let the surgeon take care to regulate the whole regimen of the patient's life for joy and happiness by promising that he… — Henri de Mondeville Copy Share Image
I think people align themselves with my way of thinking when they're talking to me. They try to create new avenues for… — Myron Rolle Copy Share Image
“His speed was so mighty that once he accidentally sliced off the testicles of the patient. A free castration, to boot! Another… — Lydia Kang Copy Share Image
“The reader, knowing nothing about the ‘dark continent,’ filled in the blanks. Pictured Stone in a tent, kerosene lamp held up by… — Abraham Verghese Copy Share Image
C. Everett 'Chic' Koop became U.S. Surgeon General under President Reagan. He was a world renowned pediatric surgeon who had a tumultuous… — Richard Carmona Copy Share Image
“I'm taking inorganic chem and physics not because I want to but because I have to. Not every doctor wants to be… — Michael J. Collins Copy Share Image
It was in August or September of 1995 that I met Diana, Princess of Wales. Diana and I met through Oonagh Toffolo,… — Hasnat Khan Copy Share Image
“The mind likes a strange idea as little as the body likes a strange protein and resists it with similar energy. It… — Wilfred Trotter Copy Share Image
A rich man's faults are covered with money, but a surgeon's faults are covered with earth. — Abraham Verghese Copy Share Image
Lord, I am a surgeon and music is my knife. It cuts away my sorrow and purifies my life. — Paul Simon Copy Share Image
I do not intend to use the Surgeon General's Office as a bully pulpit for gun control. — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
