Quotes by Physicians For each of the four hundred and four bodily ailments celebrated physicians have produced infallible remedies, but the malady which brings the greatest distress to mankind - to even the wisest and cleverest of us - is the plague of poverty. Ihara Saikaku physicianspovertyfour It would be a mistake, though, to consider care by family doctors or midwives inferior to that offered by obstetricians simply on the grounds that obstetricians need not refer care to a family physician or midwife if no complications develop during a course of labor. Ina May Gaskin physiciansdoctorsmistake Quacks are a part of our culture, and we all fall prey to them. Who among us can say, for sure, that even our own personal physicians are honest and competent? Hunter S. Thompson physiciansculturefall The medicalization of early diagnosis not only hampers and discourages preventative health-care but it also trains the patient-to-be to function in the meantime as an acolyte to his doctor. He learns to depend on the physician in sickness and in health. He turns into a life-long patient. Ivan Illich physiciansdoctorslong Physicians think they are doing something for you by labeling what you have as a disease Immanuel Kant physiciansdiseasethinking Christ is never fully valued, until sin is clearly seen. We must know the depth and malignity of our disease, in order to appreciate the great Physician. J. C. Ryle physiciansappreciateorder Such is the demographic paradox of a junior physician's relationship with his patients: I worry about how to extend their lives. This anxiety inevitably shortens my own. Jacob M. Appel physiciansanxietyworry A person is not a democrat thanks to his ignorance of literature and the arts, nor an elitist because he or she has cultivated them. The possession of knowledge makes for unjust power over others only if used for that very purpose: a physician or lawyer or clergyman can exploit or humiliate others, or he can be a humanitarian and a benefactor. In any case, it is absurd to conjure up behind anybody who exploits his educated status the existence of an "elite" scheming to oppress the rest of us. Jacques Barzun physiciansignoranceart Feed sparingly and defy the physician. James Howell physiciansweight-lossloss Temperance and labor are the two best physicians of man; labor sharpens the appetite, and temperance prevents from indulging to excess Jean-Jacques Rousseau physiciansmentwo On average, physicians interrupt patients within eighteen seconds of when they begin telling their story. Jerome Groopman physiciansstoriesaverage I affiliated with Physicians for Social Responsibility early on, and actually, their major thrust wasn't nearly as much around community health centers, although that was Jack Geiger's thing. Jill Stein physicianscommunityresponsibility I'm one of the few candidates that actually goes out and talks in public, so I say a lot of things based on my experience, my judgment as an environmental health physician, so I say a lot of stuff. Jill Stein environmental-healthphysiciansstuff In turn, more physicians, hospitals, and other health care providers are severely limiting their practices, moving to other states, or simply not providing care. Jim Ryun physicianspracticemoving The most important thing to remember about food labels is that you should avoid foods that have labels. Joel Fuhrman physiciansimportantfood Silence is a trick when it imposes. Pedants and scholars, churchmen and physicians, abound in silent pride. Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann physicianssilencepride The purse of the patient often protracts his case. Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann pursesphysicianspatient Man without religion is a diseased creature, who would persuade himself he is well and needs not a physician; but woman without religion is raging and monstrous. Johann Kaspar Lavater physiciansmenreligion For we are not all equally afflicted with the same disease or all in need of the same severe cure. This is the reason why we see different persons disciplined with different crosses. The heavenly Physician takes care of the well-being of all his patients; he gives some a milder medicine and purifies others by more shocking treatments, but he omits no one; for the whole world, without exception, is ill (Deut 32:15). John Calvin physiciansmedicinegiving From the physician and lawyer keep not the truth hidden. John Florio physicianslawyertruth«23456789101112»
