Surgeons Quotes

186 quotes by 172 authors

Science does not have a moral dimension. It is like a knife. If you give it to a surgeon or a murderer, each will use… — Wernher von Braun
It goes without saying that the desire to accomplish the task with more confidence, to avoid wasting time and labour, and to spare our experimental… — Ivan Pavlov
By Mamun's time medical schools were extremely active in Baghdad. The first free public hospital was opened in Baghdad during the Caliphate of Haroon-ar-Rashid. As… — John Bagot Glubb
The abdomen, the chest, and the brain will forever be shut from the intrusion of the wise and humane surgeon. — John Eric Erichsen
Let's not get too precious about it: actors are not heart surgeons or brain surgeons. We are just entertaining people. — Malcolm McDowell
The surgeon knows all the parts of the brain but he does not know his patient's dreams. — Richard Selzer
A woman went to a plastic surgeon and asked him to make her like Bo Derek. He gave her a lobotomy. — Joan Rivers
We became a congresswoman, a stay-at-home mom, a filmmaker, and a journalist. And Lino and I taught our children that they could rise to even… — Diana DeGette
Brain surgeons earn 10 times that of a general practitioner... it pays to be an expert. — Allan Pease
At a given instant everything the surgeon knows suddenly becomes important to the solution of the problem. You can't do it an hour later, or… — John W. Kirklin
Men of science, osteologists And surgeons, beat some poets, in respect For nature,-count nought common or unclean, Spend raptures upon perfect specimens Of indurated veins,… — Elizabeth Barrett Browning
After lunch we went into the garden for coffee and I turned on the Surgeon-General with his graphics, percentages etc. of sick and wounded to… — Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig
Editing might be a bloody trade. But knives aren't the exclusive property of butchers. Surgeons use them too. — Blake Morrison
When you write, you lay out a line of words. The line of words is a miner's pick, a wood carver's gouge, a surgeon's probe.… — Annie Dillard
A doctor, like anyone else who has to deal with human beings, each of them unique, cannot be a scientist; he is either, like the… — Wystan Hugh Auden
The account he gives of nurses beats everything that even I know of. This young prophet says that they are all drunkards, without exception, Sisters… — Florence Nightingale
Acting is a great way to make a living, especially when I consider what my alternatives were and probably still are. I mean, you are… — James Spader
Itâ€™s such a fun job, and it can be silly and light and about making people laugh. I think I was doing it a disservice… — Emma Stone
Iâ€™m not a brain surgeon, Iâ€™m not saving anyone from any life-threatening illnesses. But I get to tell stories, and thatâ€™s a pretty important task. — Emma Stone
Oh, yes, I was a great retoucher. A retoucher is an esthetic surgeon ! — Man Ray

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