Bedside Quotes

59 quotes by 56 authors

Our quaint metaphysical opinions, in an hour of anguish, are like playthings by the bedside of a child deathly sick. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
The air of caricature never fails to show itself in the products of reason applied relentlessly and without correction. The observation of clinical facts would… — Wilfred Trotter
A good conscience will be found a pleasant visitor at our bedside in a dying hour. — J C Ryle
For those of us who have been diagnosed with cancer, time is a precious commodity. The time and distance from the scientist's lab bench to… — Larry Lucchino
When she woke briefly during her last illness and found all her family around her bedside: "Am I dying or is this my birthday?" — Nancy Astor
Waking up each morning to a hysterical alarm clock on the bedside table. — Paulo Coelho
I remember nothing of this, no ambulance rides, nothing. Nothing between switching out the bedside lamp and the sudden indignity of rebirth: the slaps, the… — Stephen Fry
But I know somebody who has a bedside urinal. How do I compete with that? — Lara Flynn Boyle
In a dying civilization, political prestige is the reward not of the shrewdest diagnostician, but of the man with the best bedside manner. — Eric Ambler
Keep a note pad and pencil on your bedside table. Million-dollar ideas sometimes strike at 3 A.M. — H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
I started my career as a surgeon 25 years ago. But it turned out that I am not talented as a surgeon, so I decided… — Shinya Yamanaka
Tread softly as you draw near to the bedside of a dying man, for the space around him is holy ground. Speak in hushed tones,… — Jennifer Worth
I felt that no boy should have to depend either for his leg or his life upon the ability of his parents to raise enough… — Tommy Douglas
I felt that no boy should have to depend either for his leg or his life upon the ability of his parents to raise enough… — Tommy Douglas
Words of encouragement fan the spark of genius into the flame of achievement. Legend tells us that Lincoln's dying mother called her small son to… — Wilferd Peterson
Bedside manners are no substitute for the right diagnosis. — Alfred P. Sloan
There was one very special scene at the end of the film. My character, Zhao Di, has been sick. She wakes up and her mother… — Zhang Ziyi
This kingdom of God life is not a matter of waking up each morning with a list of chores or an agenda to be tended… — Eugene H. Peterson
I still find the best way to understand a hospitalized patient is not by staring at the computer screen but by going to see the… — Abraham Verghese
I sleep with my gun on my bedside table. I live alone; it is my protection and makes me feel safer. — Alana Stewart

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56 authors contributed a total of 59 Bedside Quotes, led by these top contributors: