1,141 Quotes About Doctors

  • Author George Best
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    They told me I wouldn't make 25. Then it was 35, then 45. These were my doctors speaking - they're all dead now.

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  • Author George Burns
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    If I had taken my doctor's advice and quit smoking when he advised me to, I wouldn't have lived to go to his funeral.

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  • Author Ginny Brown-Waite
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    Part of the redesign of FEMA is that they have so many people on standby, whether it is a retired nurse or a doctor who will take time off to go exactly where they are needed.

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  • Author Gordon Brown
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    David Blunkett and I both take the same view that it is scandalous that someone from North Tyneside, Laura Spence, with the best qualifications and who wants to be a doctor, should be turned down by Oxford University using an interview system more reminiscent of the old school network and the old school tie than justice. It is about time for an end to that old Britain where what matters more are the privileges you are born with, rather than the potential you actually have.

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  • Author Gro Harlem Brundtland
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    There is a very close connection between being a doctor and a politician. The doctor tries to prevent illness, then tries to treat it if it comes. It's exactly the same as what you try to do as a politician, but with regard to society.

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