"In a dying civilization, political prestige is the……" — Eric Ambler
"In a dying civilization, political prestige is the reward not of the shrewdest diagnostician, but of the man with the best bedside manner."
More Bedside Quotes
- 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… — 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… — Larry Lucchino
- When she woke briefly during her last illness and found all her family around her bedside: "Am I dying or… — 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… — Stephen Fry
- But I know somebody who has a bedside urinal. How do I compete with that? — Lara Flynn Boyle
- 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… — Shinya Yamanaka
- Tread softly as you draw near to the bedside of a dying man, for the space around him is holy… — Jennifer Worth
- I felt that no boy should have to depend either for his leg or his life upon the ability of… — Tommy Douglas