1,141 Quotes About Doctors

  • Author Desiderius Erasmus
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    The more ignorant, reckless and thoughtless a doctor is, the higher his reputation soars even amongst powerful princes.

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  • Author Evan Esar
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    You can't judge the ability of a doctor by the amount of praise the undertakers give him.

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  • Author Evan Esar
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    Conceit is a disease That the doctors got no cure They've done a lot of research on it But what it is, they're still not sure.

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  • Author Ezekiel Emanuel
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    Doctors take the Hippocratic Oath too seriously, as an imperative to do everything for the patient regardless of the cost or effects on others

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  • Author George Eliot
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    It's no trifle at her time at her time of life to part with a doctor who knows her constitution.

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  • Author Gloria Estefan
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    [After a poor prognosis for recovery from her doctor following her 1990 bus accident] I said if it is up to me, I'm going to be OK.

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  • Author Harlan Ellison
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    Everybody has a talent, whether it's scrapbooking, or kite-flying, or brain surgery, or writing, everybody has a talent. And if they discover it, and they turn it to their purposes and make a living out of it, then they become not "that person," but they become "that writer" or "that doctor" or "that supervisor."

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  • Author Jeffrey Eugenides
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    What are you doing here, honey? You're not even old enough to know how bad life gets." (...) "Obviously, Doctor," she said, "you've never been a thirteen-year-old girl.

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