Anvils Quote by Margaret Halsey

The doctor seemed especially troubled by the fact of the robbery having been unexpected, and attempted in the night-time; as if it were the…

— Charles Dickens

As he approached the place where a meeting of doctors was being held, he saw some elegant limousines and remarked, "The surgeons have arrived."…

— Walter Bradford Cannon

“After a couple hours with a difficult and noncompliant patient, I sometimes felt a buzzing in my ear. Was my job sucking the life…

— Adele Levine

We know the average American physician interrupts their patient in 14 seconds.

— Abraham Verghese

[The doctor] peeked into the trauma room and saw the situation: the clerk - that is, me - standing next to the orderly, Georgie,…

— Denis Johnson

“Mrs. Convoy leaned into the desk, flattening her knuckles on it like a linebacker bracing against the hard earth, and with eyeballs floating above…

— Joshua Ferris

“Another common practice, the reps told us, was to take fancy meals to the entire doctor’s office (one of the perks of being a…

— Dan Ariely

what a fascinating mix a hospital can be of people in a huge hurry and people too slow to get out of their way.

— Josh Bazell

I was well aware of the fact that once you appeared in Doctor Who as something else, you were ruled out for the part…

— Colin Baker

The exit from medicine happened steadily, rather than suddenly.

— Paul Sinha

On average, physicians interrupt patients within eighteen seconds of when they begin telling their story.

— Jerome Groopman

“A word a day keep's the 'head' doctor away!”

— Carol Robi