Quote by Andre Norton

“Leading Change in the General Surgery Unit”

— quickcasesolutions

“& he watches each muscle volt into place. the surgeon became the surgeon after years of opening books & making sense of their contents”

— sam sax

“The best surgeon is not the one who makes the most incisions;”

— Greg McKeown

“What Richard Selzer, M.D. once wrote of surgery is true of therapy: only human love keeps this from being the act of two madmen.”

— Thomas Lewis

Finally there was one open-minded surgeon in the great Pennsylvania General Hospital. He said, 'Let us give this young fellow a chance.' So they…

— Paul Douglas

“When Huckman and Pisano examined the data, they discovered a remarkable pattern. Overall, the surgeons didn’t get better with practice.”

— Adam M. Grant

“Technically, according to the notion of the will of God, there is no such a thing as a competent surgeon.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“If there was anything obviously heroic about medieval surgery, it was the patient.”

— David C. Lindberg

“surgery is nature’s way of telling us to slow down.”

— Dan John

A surgeon is surrounded by people who are sick, discouraged, afraid, embittered, dying - but also courageous, loving, wise, compassionate and alive.

— Bernie Siegel

“Now, boys, you won't see this operation performed very often and there's a reason for that... You see it has absolutely no medical value.…

— William S. Burroughs

“Surgeons are a singular brotherhood, Adam. To us, people aren't sacred beings crafted in the Almighty's image, no, people are joints of meat; diseased,…

— David Mitchell