Body Quote by Plato

The physician, to the extent he is a physician, considers only the good of the patient in what he prescribes, and his own not…

— Plato

A physician is nothing but a consoler of the mind.

— Petronius

Doctors are not servants of their patients, they are traders like everyone else in a free society and they should bear that title proudly…

— Ayn Rand

Physicians are many in title but very few in reality.

— Hippocrates

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

But tell me, this physician of whom you were just speaking, is he a moneymaker, an earner of fees, or a healer of the…

— Plato

Medicine is for the patient. Medicine is for the people. It is not for the profits.

— George W. Merck

Only those who regard healing as the ultimate goal of their efforts can, therefore, be designated as physicians.

— Rudolf Virchow

A physician is one who pours drugs of which he knows little into a body of which he knows less.

— Voltaire

As economists have often pointed out, we pay doctors for quantity, not quality. As they point out less often, we also pay them as…

— Atul Gawande

The vast majority of doctors really do try to take the money out of their minds. But to provide the best possible care requires…

— Atul Gawande

Most people are squeamish about saying how much they earn, but in medicine the situation seems especially fraught. Doctors aren't supposed to be in…

— Atul Gawande