Isabel Allende Novelist “I went to a mystery writers conference ... and I learned a lot not only from the faculty - and in the faculty we had forensic doctors, detectives, policemen, experts in guns, etc. - but from the questions of the students.” Gun Doctors Experts ♥ 3
Marcus Aurelius Philosopher, Emperor “Doctors keep their scalpels and other instruments handy, for emergencies. Keep your philosophy ready too - ready to understand heaven and earth. In everything you do, even the smallest thing, remember the chain that links them. Nothing earthly succeeds by ignoring heaven, nothing heavenly by ignoring earth.” Philosophy Heaven Doctors ♥ 3
KB Katy Butler Author, Journalist “I've heard doctors say that before the crisis hits, people don't want prolonged measures, but then in the middle of the crisis they want everything.” People Want Doctors ♥ 3
KB Katy Butler Author, Journalist “I think it's very interesting that [doctors] privilege the self that is saying, "I don't want to die," but want to discount the self that said, "I want to allow natural death in such a situation."” Thinking Self Doctors ♥ 3
Nick Frost Actor “I'm so thrilled to have been asked to guest in the Doctor Who Christmas Special, I'm such a fan of the show. The read-through was very difficult for me; I wanted to keep stuffing my fingers into my ears and scream 'No spoilers!' Every day on set I’ve had to silence my internal fan-boy squeals!” Boys Silence Doctors ♥ 3
Margaret Thatcher Politician “I exercise my right as a free citizen to spend my own money in my own way, so that I can go on the day, the time, to the doctor I choose and get out fast.” Exercise Doctors Citizens ♥ 3
Lee Child Author “He picked up the wrench and broke the guy’s wrist with it, one, and then the other wrist, two, and turned back and did the same to the guy who had held the hammer, three, four. The two men were somebody’s weapons, consciously deployed, and no soldier left an enemy’s abandoned ordnance on the field in working order. The doctor’s wife was watching from the cabin door, all kinds of terror in her face. "What?" Reacher asked her.” Men Doors Doctors ♥ 3
George Bernard Shaw Playwright, Critic “The medical profession (is) a conspiracy to hide its own shortcomings. No doubt the same may be said of all professions. They are all conspiracies against the laity... (U)ntil there is a practicable alternative to blind trust in the doctor, the truth about the doctor is so terrible that we dare not face it.” May Doubt Doctors ♥ 3
George Bernard Shaw Playwright, Critic “Nothing is more dangerous than a poor doctor: not even a poor employer or a poor landlord.” Doctors Poor Employers ♥ 3
George Bernard Shaw Playwright, Critic “Optimistic lies have such immense therapeutic value that a doctor who cannot tell them convincingly has mistaken his profession.” Lying Doctors Optimistic ♥ 3
George Bernard Shaw Playwright, Critic “Make it compulsory for a doctor using a brass plate to have inscribed on it, in addition to the letters indicating his qualifications, the words 'Remember that I too am mortal'.” Remember Doctors Letters ♥ 3
Haruki Murakami Writer “Tell me, Doctor, are you afraid of death?" "I guess it depends on how you die.” Doctors Dies Afraid Of Death ♥ 3
