1,141 Quotes About Doctors

  • Author Jose Carreras
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    The happiest moment in my life? When my doctor told me I was completely cured of leukaemia.

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  • Author Kim Campbell
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    In all modesty, we must admit that governments are not always the best doctors when it comes to diagnosing economic ailments and prescribing the right treatment.

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  • Author Kim Clijsters
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    When doctors say, 'It's going to be very tough for you, maybe not to quit, but to reach that same level again,' that's very frustrating to hear. In a way, you hear it, and it sort of goes in and out because you don't want to keep thinking about the negative thoughts.

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  • Author Lord Chesterfield
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    It seems to me that your doctor [Tronchin] is more of a philosopher than a physician. As for me, I much prefer a doctor who is anoptimist and who gives me remedies that will improve my health. Philosophical consolations are, after all, useless against real ailments. I know only two kinds of sickness--physical and moral: all the others are purely in the imagination.

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  • Author Marcus Tullius Cicero
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    It was so hard not being able to run. Doctors told me to take it easy and that I might not be able to run ever again. I was miserable. I couldn't focus on any other part of my life. I realized how much running meant to me,

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  • Author Michael Crichton
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    Without question, the notion of the doctor as a legitimate fee-for-service entrepreneur, making his fortune from misfortunes of his patients, is old-fashioned, distasteful, and doomed.

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  • Author Michael Crichton
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    The doctor is not a miracle worker who can magically save us but, rather, an expert adviser who can assist us in our own recovery.

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