Agony Quote by Albert Claude

Although I liked especially physics and mathematics for which I had considerable talent, I decided to study medicine. This profession had for me a…

— Renato Dulbecco

I grew up with a real appreciation about just how wonderful and intimate the relationship is between a doctor and a patient was and…

— Risa J. Lavizzo-Mourey

The idea of winning a doctor's degree gradually assumed the aspect of a great moral struggle, and the moral fight possessed immense attraction for…

— Elizabeth Blackwell

I have a reverence for medicine because I hero-worshiped my father [a former doctor], and because I admire doctors, I admire study, empiricism and…

— Hugh Laurie

I always wanted to follow in the footsteps of my maternal grandfather, who was a doctor.

— Hasnat Khan

I was drawn to medicine because I'm fond of serving. In college, we go to the orphanage every week, see patients first-hand.

— Sai Pallavi

My father wanted me to become a doctor.

— Pankaj Tripathi

Originally, I was in high school, and I was studying biology, and I got really interested in the field of medicine. And then, I…

— Mikhail Varshavski

I wanted to be a surgeon, possibly influenced by the qualities of our family doctor who cared for our childhood ailments.

— Joseph Murray

I've always been interested in medicine and was pleased when my brother became a doctor. But after thinking seriously about that field, I realized…

— Lois Lowry

When I decided to become a doctor, I was very, very young, when my mother, her seventh child, became pregnant, and she was feeling…

— Hawa Abdi

My father was a doctor.

— David Alan Grier