Broadway Quote by Ambrose Bierce Download Open image “MEDICINE, n. A stone flung down the Bowery to kill a dog in Broadway.” — Ambrose Bierce ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.0 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Broadway Dog Humour Medicine Science Stones
“Medicine is a golden goose that has to be killed because every time the goose lays a golden egg, someone gets sick or dead.” — Richard Diaz Copy Share Image
“The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while Nature takes its course.” — William Owens Copy Share Image
“...introduced Doc to the miracle of morphine. From that very first shot it was as if he'd discovered the one vital ingredient that God… — Steve Earle Copy Share Image
The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
“Medicine is a bit like love," Aunt Gertrude began. "There are the theatrical outer forms gone through by the players-the bandages and injections and… — Melissa de la Cruz Copy Share Image
Medicine is the means by which we poor feeble creatures try to keep from dying or aching. — P. T. Barnum Copy Share Image
“Do not mistake my compassion for injured creatures as any kind of personal interest, Mr. Devlin. I once bandaged the paw of a stray… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
Medicine may be defined as the art or the science of keeping a patient quiet with frivolous reasons for his illness and amusing him… — Gilles Menage Copy Share Image
“I found myself thinking of Potts as a tragic figure, a guy who'd been a happy towheaded kid you'd love to take fishing with… — Samuel Shem Copy Share Image
“Exhausted after a full day of treating patients, William Carlos Williams angrily answered the phone. “Doctor,” said a woman’s voice, “my child has swallowed… — Ross Wetzsteon Copy Share Image
OBSESSED, p.p. Vexed by an evil spirit, like the Gadarene swine and other critics. Obsession was once more common than it is now. Arasthus… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
DECIDE, v.i. To succumb to the preponderance of one set of influences over another set. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
IMMORAL, adj. Inexpedient. Whatever in the long run and with regard to the greater number of instances men find to be generally inexpedient comes… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
REVIEW, v.t. To set your wisdom (holding not a doubt of it./ Although in truth there's neither bone nor skin to it)/ At work… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
CLOCK, n. A machine of great moral value to man, allaying his concern for the future by reminding him what a lot of time… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
RUBBISH, n. Worthless matter, such as the religions, philosophies, literatures, arts and sciences of the tribes infesting the regions lying due south from Boreaplas. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
There was never a genius who was not thought a fool until he disclosed himself; whereas he is a fool then only. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
WHANGDEPOOTENAWAH, n. In the Ojibwa tongue, disaster; an unexpected affliction that strikes hard. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Jealous, adj. Unduly concerned about the preservation of that which can be lost only if not worth keeping. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
RIDICULE, n. Words designed to show that the person of whom they are uttered is devoid of the dignity of character distinguishing him who… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
When somebody mentions that I did a play with George C. Scott, I'm like, it can't have happened. What was I doing on a… — Paul Dano Copy Share Image
I thought my first few jobs would just be off, off, off, off, off broadway. And by chance and how the world works, I… — Tommy Dorfman Copy Share Image
A lot of Broadway has that immigrant narrative of America as a place where you can become something else against all odds. — Deborah Kass Copy Share Image
“On Broadway it was still bright afternoon and the gassy air was almost motionless under the leaden spokes of sunlight, and sawdust footprints lay… — Saul Bellow Copy Share Image
That's why I had to leave Hair on Broadway, because I did it for about a year, and one night I was doing the… — Barry McGuire Copy Share Image
I starred in a Broadway play that was Sidney Poitier's first directing job and the cast was Lou Gossett, Cicely Tyson, Diana Ladd and… — David Steinberg Copy Share Image
All of a sudden, I was a young kid in my early 20s, and I had a couple of Broadway shows to my credit. — Jon Tenney Copy Share Image
When I was little, I saw the play 'Les Miserables' on Broadway, I thought it was the most amazing thing I have ever seen. — Ashley Tisdale Copy Share Image
I never thought my life's path would take me to Broadway, but when I heard they were creating a musical based on one of… — Lorrie Morgan Copy Share Image
I aspired from early on to write a novel, to be in the 'New Yorker,' to be on Broadway, and at least in a… — Mark O'Donnell Copy Share Image
The Beatles have a deeper appreciation of all music. There's a humor, there's a Broadway sense, and later on, the Indian stuff came in.… — Jimmy Vivino Copy Share Image
