124 Quotes by Mehmet Oz

Food – I love nuts. I eat them all the time, they’re easy to carry around, and I am never hungry all day long.

I feel differently immediately when I start to put weight on. I don’t like that sluggish, blunted disposition that I have when that happens.

A lot of folks believe their best years are behind them. But I want Americans to recognize that’s not true.

In Turkey, you’re not allowed to be left alone in the hospital. The nurse teaches the family how to do things, and somebody is always there with the patient.

Most allopathic doctors think practitioners of alternative medicine are all quacks. They’re not. Often they’re sharp people who think differently about disease.

In my business, if I get too close to you and you die, it hurts me. And so you develop a natural inclination not to be close to the patient, so that if things don’t work out ideally, you can still get up the next day and care for the next patient.

My mother was all about unconditional love, and I don’t think we give that to our patients a lot. At the end of the day, what they really need you to do is to look at them in the eye and say, ‘I’m here for you. I’m going to make sure this works out.’

We’re all human beings, but some of us are more sophisticated at covering our flaws. We’re just smart enough to lie to ourselves that everything is OK.

Medicine grounds me, it centers me, that’s why I continue to do it.