"For one who has an interest in the……" — Abraham Verghese
"For one who has an interest in the body as text, airports are treasure troves of information. It seems almost un-American to enjoy delays, and perhaps enjoy is not the best word, but certainly a delayed flight, if it does nothing else, allows one the opportunity to make prolonged observations about one's fellow travelers."
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Abraham Verghese
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89 Quotes by Abraham Verghese
Abraham Verghese has 89 quotes on this site.
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It was all I had, all I've ever had, the only currency, the only proof that I was alive. Memory.
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We know the average American physician interrupts their patient in 14 seconds.
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I joke, but I only half joke, that if you come to one of our hospitals missing a limb, no…
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What treatment in an emergency is administered by ear?
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A beautiful literary collection that tells of today's country doctor, somewhat removed from our romantic black-bag image of days gone…
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Be careful! Travel expands the mind and loosens the bowels.
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Certainly when I got to medical school, I had role models of the kind of physicians I wanted to be.…
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The most important innovation in medicine to come in the next 10 years: the power of the human hand.
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We're losing a ritual. We're losing a ritual that I believe is transformative, transcendent, and is at the heart of…
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No matter what ailed you, you went to see the barber surgeon who wound up cupping you, bleeding you, purging…
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In an emergency, what treatment is given by ear? Words of Comfort.
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Pray tell us, what's your favorite number?
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To me, the greatest invention of my lifetime is the laptop computer and the fact that I can be working…
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I haven't isolated myself. I am not living on a yacht somewhere. I am not tucked away or behind a…
— Nicolas Cage
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I get depressed at airports.
— Adam Carolla
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Every time you take a train, step into your car, walk into the shopping mall, go to the airport -…
— Ayaan Hirsi Ali
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I would not vote for the mayor. It's not just because he didn't invite me to dinner, but because on…
— Fidel Castro
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Our borders are much too porous...We want to keep them open, but we also have to be much more careful.…
— Charles Schumer
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Nobody is ever met at the airport when beginning a new adventure. It's just not done.
— Elizabeth Warnock Fernea
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In the space age, man will be able to go around the world in two hours - one hour for…
— Neil H. McElroy
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I have a feeling that when my ship comes in I'll be at the airport.
— Charles M. Schulz
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They mention that it's a nonstop flight. Well, I must say I don't care for that sort of thing. Call…
— George Carlin
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My fear of flying starts as soon as I buckle myself in and then the guy up front mumbles a…
— Dennis Miller
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