General Quote by Jed Mercurio Download Open image “I think that the general public understands that its own doctors are human, fallible, and flawed.” — Jed Mercurio ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.9 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare General Human I think Medicine Own Think
I think people need to be comfortable questioning the authority of a doctor. — Susannah Cahalan Copy Share Image
I believe that attributing flaws to medical characters makes them not just doctors but something more. It makes them people. — Jed Mercurio Copy Share Image
Doctors are human; they make mistakes, and you have to stay on top of them. You have to ask the second question, the third… — Robby Benson Copy Share Image
Doctors are human animals. They want to be loved, they are tribal, they instinctually favor stories over scientific evidence, they make mistakes, and even… — Alice Dreger Copy Share Image
Doctors always think anybody doing something they aren't is a quack; also they think all patients are idiots. — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
Good doctors exercise judgment. They make the call and - right or wrong - live with the consequences and learn from them. The redefined… — Brian Goldman Copy Share Image
But what physician has not had patients who don't make any sense at all? To tell the truth, they're our stock-in-trade. We talk and… — Walker Percy Copy Share Image
I wanted to show people that doctors are humans, too. It's important for us to be around other people - that way, we can… — Mikhail Varshavski Copy Share Image
Good physicians are rarely dispassionate. They agonize and self-doubt over patients. — Siddhartha Mukherjee Copy Share Image
Even God created human acclaimed,, but alas, not every human doctor. But that's very funny, every animal has its own doctor. — Mak_786 Copy Share Image
'Frankenstein' is a timeless classic. As science advances, it becomes more relevant, not less. Its fantasy moves closer to fact, its horrors closer to… — Jed Mercurio Copy Share Image
I think a lot of police procedurals are very conventional. With the stuff I'm doing, I'm trying to approach the institution of the police… — Jed Mercurio Copy Share Image
Standards in public life have decayed over time... Incompetence is the norm. — Jed Mercurio Copy Share Image
For something like 'Line of Duty' to work, it has to be both plausible and unexpected. — Jed Mercurio Copy Share Image
I like to stay away from writing about good versus evil. I think the world is more complicated. — Jed Mercurio Copy Share Image
In the modern workplace, sexism has adopted a more subtle persona; therefore, people can be accused of sexism where it's far harder to determine… — Jed Mercurio Copy Share Image
If you look at American medical fiction written by doctors, like 'The House of God' by Samuel Shem and 'The Blood of Strangers' by… — Jed Mercurio Copy Share Image
I'm interested in institutions, particularly in the way institutions close ranks. They have hierarchies and their own ethics. — Jed Mercurio Copy Share Image
It's important that the actor doesn't feel like they're working in a vacuum. If the actor is told, 'Oh, it's a secret; just play… — Jed Mercurio Copy Share Image
I'm always thinking about my work, always thinking about where it's taking me. — Jed Mercurio Copy Share Image
The footballer I've admired most in the last ten years is Zinedine Zidane... one of those rare individuals who had the skill but also… — Jed Mercurio Copy Share Image
I am not a depressive person at all, but I reflect a lot on my life, and life in general, from the perspective of… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
Disability, in general, hasn't been included in the conversation about inclusivity. — Jason Winston George Copy Share Image
I've never had a couch that needed to be cleaned or learned how to couch-clean in general. That feels too grown-up. — Kate McKinnon Copy Share Image
People bring up tweets that I don't even remember, and my general response is, 'I don't know if I said it. I probably said… — Mike Cernovich Copy Share Image
On March 12, 2004, acting attorney general James B. Comey and the Justice Department's top leadership reached the brink of resignation over electronic surveillance… — Barton Gellman Copy Share Image
When I was at school you got an overall general education on many things, even just basic facts. — Jo Brand Copy Share Image
When I was a child, we always had wine on the table, no matter how simple the meal. The wine had no special identity;… — Jacques Pepin Copy Share Image
It's not a failure if a marriage or partnership ends after a certain number of years. I think, in general, we expect too much… — Deborah Moggach Copy Share Image
I'm the kind of guy who comes home and checks scores for everything. I'm a sports fan in general, so I pretty much keep… — Chadwick Boseman Copy Share Image
Mentors don't have to be the Daymond Johns or the Mark Cubans. A person running a successful bodega or a tax firm in your… — Daymond John Copy Share Image
Fiction, maybe art in general, is a tentative, uncertain enterprise; it's not science, it's an exploration, but you never find much in the way… — Tim O'Brien Copy Share Image