1,141 Quotes About Doctors

  • Author P. D. James
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    If all power corrupts, then a doctor, who literally holds life and death in his hands, must be at particular risk.

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  • Author Peter Jacobson
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    I don't usually get to play somebody who is, at least, nominally in charge. I'm usually playing somebody's lawyer or a doctor.

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  • Author Robert Jarvik
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    Lipitor is one of the most researched medicines. I'm glad I take Lipitor, as a doctor, and a dad.

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  • Author Robert Jarvik
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    As a medical doctor who chose a career in artificial heart technology rather than clinical practice, I decided not to take an internship, which is required for licensing. Instead, I work with invention, manufacturing, regulatory affairs, and clinical application of artificial hearts.

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  • Author Spencer Johnson
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    I grew up in Hollywood, California. A lot of my parents' friends were in the motion picture industry, but I saw their doctor friends as more solid. I admired them; there was a peacefulness in them, a sense of purpose that I liked. So I became very interested in being a surgeon.

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  • Author Star Jones
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    Not really in all honesty because until you take control of your own health and go to your own doctor and have your own doctor tell you what's going to work for you.

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  • Author Thomas Jefferson
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    I served with General Washington in die Legislature of Virginia...and...with Doctor Franklin in Congress. I never heard neither of them speak ten minutes at a time, nor to any but the main point.

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  • Author Alex Kingston
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    In England, 'Doctor Who' has always been considered a children's show, at least by children.

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  • Author Bruce Kovner
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    Fundamentalists who say they are not going to pay any attention to the charts are like a doctor who says he’s not going to take a patient’s temperature.

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