"Some people think that doctors and nurses can put scrambled eggs back into the shell" – Dorothy Canfield Fisher
“Some people think that doctors and nurses can put scrambled eggs back into the shell” – Dorothy Canfield Fisher
Category: Quotes of the day
"If you believe the doctors, nothing is wholesome; if you believe the theologians, nothing is innocent; if you believe the military, nothing is safe." – Lord Salisbury
“If you believe the doctors, nothing is wholesome; if you believe the theologians, nothing is innocent; if you believe the military, nothing is safe.” – …
"For each illness that doctors cure with medicine, they provoke ten in healthy people by inoculating them with the virus that is a thousand times more powerful than any microbe: the idea that one is ill." – Marcel Proust
“For each illness that doctors cure with medicine, they provoke ten in healthy people by inoculating them with the virus that is a thousand times …
"By medicine life may be prolonged, yet death will seize the doctor too." – William Shakespeare
“By medicine life may be prolonged, yet death will seize the doctor too.” – William Shakespeare
"Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died." – Erma Bombeck
“Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died.” – Erma Bombeck
"Time is generally the best doctor." – Ovid
“Time is generally the best doctor.” – Ovid
Archie Bunker
“God don’t make no mistakes. That’s how He got to be God.” Archie Bunker quotes
"He really has a great demeanor about him. I can’t tell you what’s going on inside but to all the players and coaches he sure is a cool customer. Sometimes in life if that’s how you appear, even if you’re not, it makes everybody else comfortable." – Greg Schiano
“He really has a great demeanor about him. I can’t tell you what’s going on inside but to all the players and coaches he sure …
"He’s going to be a natural. He is a natural. His demeanor and everything about him presents himself to be that way. I believe in time we’ll see that and his teammates will see that also." – Greg Burns
“He’s going to be a natural. He is a natural. His demeanor and everything about him presents himself to be that way. I believe in …
"I was pleased with his demeanor." – Terry Francona
“I was pleased with his demeanor.” – Terry Francona
"We have to prioritize our mission _ to go after the highest priority _ and that would be criminal aliens, who are a higher threat to the public than non-criminal aliens." – Carl Rusnok
“We have to prioritize our mission _ to go after the highest priority _ and that would be criminal aliens, who are a higher threat …
"I had the archetypal French bucolic upbringing, in a peasant village in deepest Burgundy." – Raymond Blanc
“I had the archetypal French bucolic upbringing, in a peasant village in deepest Burgundy.” – Raymond Blanc
"We’ll have an idea on how to prioritize each one of these items. Taking some off the table completely, and see if there’s an opportunity to add anything to the project list." – Tom Watson
“We’ll have an idea on how to prioritize each one of these items. Taking some off the table completely, and see if there’s an opportunity …
"You know he’s got good stuff, good demeanor, goes after guys. To have two outings, your first two outings, where you give up grand slams — I wouldn’t wish that on my worst enemy. That’s got to mess with your head." – John Thomson
“You know he’s got good stuff, good demeanor, goes after guys. To have two outings, your first two outings, where you give up grand slams …
"I told the doctor I broke my leg in two places. He told me to quit going to those places." – Henry Youngman
“I told the doctor I broke my leg in two places. He told me to quit going to those places.” – Henry Youngman
"Doctors are the same as lawyers; the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you and kill you too." – Anton Chekhov
“Doctors are the same as lawyers; the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you and kill you too.” – Anton …
"We are simply exhausted by the endless postponement of financial gratification – and we think other investors are, too." – Henry Blodget
“We are simply exhausted by the endless postponement of financial gratification – and we think other investors are, too.” – Henry Blodget
Jules Feiffer
“I used to think I was poor. Then they told me I wasn’t poor, I was needy. They told me it was self-defeating to think …
"That is a unique thing to have in the furniture industry. It’s all about instant gratification." – Dave DeMattei
“That is a unique thing to have in the furniture industry. It’s all about instant gratification.” – Dave DeMattei
"There’s nothing like the instant gratification of digging your hands in the dirt to create something beautiful." – Dagny Robertson
“There’s nothing like the instant gratification of digging your hands in the dirt to create something beautiful.” – Dagny Robertson
"Conservatism discards Prescription, shrinks from Principle, disavows Progress; having rejected all respect for antiquity, it offers no redress for the present, and makes no preparation for the future." – Benjamin Disraeli
“Conservatism discards Prescription, shrinks from Principle, disavows Progress; having rejected all respect for antiquity, it offers no redress for the present, and makes no preparation …
Ernest Miller Hemingway
“But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.” Ernest Miller Hemingway quotes
James Burgh
“No kingdom can be secured otherwise than by arming the people. The possession of arms is the distinction between a freeman and a slave. He, …
"Protectionism plays well if you can tie it to outsourcing and jobs," – David Joy
“Protectionism plays well if you can tie it to outsourcing and jobs,” – David Joy
"Much learning does not teach understanding." – Heraclitus of Ephesus
“Much learning does not teach understanding.” – Heraclitus of Ephesus
"The children of the rich usually don’t have strong determination to be rich,because they were born in a soft environment & a soft environment breeds soft determination." – david atta (a.k.a davied attlars & mr dain)
“The children of the rich usually don’t have strong determination to be rich,because they were born in a soft environment & a soft environment breeds …
"Pathos would make you cry. It would enlist your sentiments. Pathos has those things as its end. They want you to feel emotions. The emotions rule. Tragedy doesn’t think of those as its end. It’s a big difference." – John Iorio
“Pathos would make you cry. It would enlist your sentiments. Pathos has those things as its end. They want you to feel emotions. The emotions …
Philo Judaeus
“The air is full of souls; those who are nearest to earth descending to be tied to mortal bodies return to other bodies, desiring to …
"a good actress with real pathos." – Joan Rivers
“a good actress with real pathos.” – Joan Rivers
"We never stopped shipping them products during this dispute, … We stopped shipping them confidential advance product information that was under non-disclosure." – Chuck Mulloy
“We never stopped shipping them products during this dispute, … We stopped shipping them confidential advance product information that was under non-disclosure.” – Chuck Mulloy
"Perhaps the most delightful friendships are those in which there is much agreement, much disputation, and yet more personal liking" – George Eliot
“Perhaps the most delightful friendships are those in which there is much agreement, much disputation, and yet more personal liking” – George Eliot
"A long dispute means both parties are wrong" – Voltaire
“A long dispute means both parties are wrong” – Voltaire
"The head Sublime, the heart Pathos, the genitals Beauty, the hands & feet Proportion." – William Blake
“The head Sublime, the heart Pathos, the genitals Beauty, the hands & feet Proportion.” – William Blake
"an intimate voice with wonderful pathos." – Mike Gill
“an intimate voice with wonderful pathos.” – Mike Gill
"As I see it, pathos brings a reader to view your open heart behind a glass window of words; the words should transparently present exactly what your heart cannot say, while still protecting your heart from the unfamiliar onlooker." – Sam Davies
“As I see it, pathos brings a reader to view your open heart behind a glass window of words; the words should transparently present exactly …
"PROJECTILE, n. The final arbiter in international disputes. Formerly these disputes were settled by physical contact of the disputants, with such simple arguments as the rudimentary logic of the times could supply –the sword, the spear, and so forth. With the growth of prudence in military affairs the projectile came more and more into favor, and is now held in high esteem by the most courageous. Its capital defect is that it requires personal attendance at the point of propulsion." – Ambrose Bierce
“PROJECTILE, n. The final arbiter in international disputes. Formerly these disputes were settled by physical contact of the disputants, with such simple arguments as the …
"I shall never be a heretic; I may err in dispute, but I do not wish to decide anything finally; on the other hand, I am not bound by the opinions of men." – Martin Luther
“I shall never be a heretic; I may err in dispute, but I do not wish to decide anything finally; on the other hand, I …
"All is flux, nothing stays still" – Heraclitus of Ephesus
“All is flux, nothing stays still” – Heraclitus of Ephesus
"Laws undertake to punish only overt acts" – Charles de Montesquieu
“Laws undertake to punish only overt acts” – Charles de Montesquieu
"Human transience, always an essential if unstated aspect of his landscape paintings, became an overt theme when Woody turned to the human figure as a subject." – William Peterson
“Human transience, always an essential if unstated aspect of his landscape paintings, became an overt theme when Woody turned to the human figure as a …