Francis Bacon Philosopher, Statesman “Medicine is a science which hath been (as we have said) more professed than laboured, and yet more laboured than advanced: the labour having been, in my judgment, rather in circle than in progression. For I find much iteration, but small addition. It considereth causes of diseases, with the occasions or impulsions; the diseases themselves, with the accidents; and the cures, with the preservation.” Medicine Circles Disease ♥ 3
FD Francois de La Rochefoucauld Writer “The vices enter into the composition of the virtues, as poisons into that of medicines. Prudence collects and arranges them, and uses them beneficially against the ills of life.” Medicine Vices Poison ♥ 3
George Bernard Shaw Playwright, Critic “You know, Tolstoy, like myself, wasn't taken in by superstitions like science and medicine.” Taken Medicine Superstitions ♥ 3
George Eliot Novelist, Poet, Journalist “The law and medicine should be very serious professions to undertake, should they not? People's lives and fortunes depend on them.” People Law Medicine ♥ 3
George Santayana Philosopher, Poet “. . . until the curtain was rung down on the last act of the drama (and it might have no last act!) he wished the intellectual cripples and the moral hunchbacks not to be jeered at; perhaps they might turn out to be the heroes of the play.” Hero Drama Medicine ♥ 3
Gilbert K. Chesterton Writer, Journalist “Over-civilization and barbarism are within an inch of each other. And a mark of both is the power of medicine-men.” Men Civilization Medicine ♥ 3
Grant Morrison Comic Book Writer, Novelist “Metaphor is one of a group of problem-solving medicines known as figures of speech which are normally used to treat literal thinking and other diseases.” Thinking Groups Medicine ♥ 3
Mark Cuban Entrepreneur, Investor “As processor speeds and shared processors create cheap unlimited processing power we will be able to turn our bodies into a math equation that can be crossed against the properties of medicine and nature to create medicine unique to each individual.” Unique Math Medicine ♥ 3
Lewis Thomas Physician, Author “The dilemma of modern medicine, and the underlying central flaw in medical education and, most of all, in the training of interns, is the irresistible drive to do something, anything. It is expected by patients and too often agreed to by their doctors, in the face of ignorance.” Ignorance Doctors Medicine ♥ 3
Lewis Thomas Physician, Author “It is when physicians are bogged down by their incomplete technologies, by the innumerable things they are obliged to do in medicine when they lack a clear understanding of disease mechanisms, that the deficiencies of the health-care system are most conspicuous. If I were a policy-maker, interested in saving money for health care over the long haul, I would regard it as an act of high prudence to give high priority to a lot more basic research in biologic science.” Long Technology Medicine ♥ 3
Friedrich Nietzsche Philosopher, Writer “Lying very still and thinking very little is the most inexpensive medicine for all the sicknesses of the soul, and when administered with good intentions it grows more and more pleasant with each passing hour.” Thinking Lying Medicine ♥ 3
