Don't confuse hypothesis and theory. The former is a possible explanation; the latter, the correct one. The establishment of theory is the very purpose of science.

I find that most men would rather have their bellies opened for five hundred dollars than have a tooth pulled for five.

First need in the reform of hospital management? That's easy! The death of all dietitians, and the resurrection of a French chef.

None of the great discoveries was made by a 'specialist' or a 'researcher'.

Facts are not science - as the dictionary is not literature.

In diagnosis think of the easy first.

Diagnosis is not the end, but the beginning of practice.

The great doctors all got their education off dirt pavements and poverty - not marble floors and foundations.

You must learn to talk clearly. The jargon of scientific terminology which rolls off your tongues is mental garbage.

Whenever ideas fail, men invent words.

Don't despise empiric truth. Lots of things work in practice for which the laboratory has never found proof.

A doctor must work eighteen hours a day and seven days a week. If you cannot console yourself to this, get out of the profession.

When a man lacks mental balance in pneumonia he is said to be delirious. When he lacks mental balance without the pneumonia, he is pronounced insane by all smart doctors.

In the sick room, ten cents' worth of human understanding equals ten dollars' worth of medical science.

A good teacher must know the rules; a good pupil, the exceptions.

Research has been called good business, a necessity, a gamble, a game. It is none of these - it's a state of mind.

A man who cannot work without his hypodermic needle is a poor doctor. The amount of narcotic you use is inversely proportional to your skill.

We humans are the greatest of earth's parasites.

Here's good advice for practice: go into partnership with nature; she does more than half the work and asks none of the fee.

There is only one reason why men become addicted to drugs - they are weak men. Only strong men are cured, and they cure themselves.

The practice of medicine is a thinker's art the practice of surgery a plumber's.

Don't confuse hypothesis and theory. The former is a possible explanation; the latter, the correct one. The establishment of theory is the very purpose of science.

Most of the food allergies die under garlic and onion.

Life preys upon life. This is biologys most fundamental fact.

There is no substitute for mothers milk.

Sweat silently. Lets have no squawking about a little expenditure of energy.

All the world is a laboratory to the inquiring mind.

If a patient cannot clean his teeth no dentist can clean them for him.

Our profession is the only one which works unceasingly to annihilate itself.

A doctor whose breath smells has no right to medical opinion.

There is only one reason why men become addicted to drugsthey are weak men. Only strong men are cured and they cure themselves.

Education is the process of driving a set of prejudices down your throats.

Education should be exercise it has become massage.

Since the Middle Ages progress in hygiene has been characterized by the conquest of stink.

Expect an early death - it will keep you busier.

If you are physically sick, you can elicit the interest of a battery of physicians; but if you are mentally sick, you are lucky if the janitor comes around.

The association promotes a way of life, not causes; a harmony in living, not political faiths; a bilateral loyalty, not commercial or social projects. Yet it is an association for as noble a purpose as any involved in any prior decisions.

I was always told I was special. And I was also assured that I had a gift and a purpose.

Our purpose is simply to ask how theological principles can be shown to have usable secular analogues that throw light upon the nature of language.

If you look to lead, invest at least 40% of your time managing yourself - your ethics, character, principles, purpose, motivation, and conduct. Invest at least 30% managing those with authority over you, and 15% managing your peers.

But once I acclimated and really used fame for what it was offering me as a tool to serve my life purpose of inspiring and contributing, then it started to get fun again.

A purpose, an intention, a design, strikes everywhere even the careless, the most stupid thinker.

Having a sense of purpose is having a sense of self. A course to plot is a destination to hope for.

My purpose... to go on with my heart and soul, devoting all my energies to Girl Scouts, and heart and hand with them, we will make our lives and the lives of the future girls happy, healthy and holy.

So that is how I ended up with those two titles, I like Accidentally on Purpose better - it is how we work in our trade - is it really an accident, or is there a thread of destiny in there? That was the intention, I am not sure I found out.

The purpose of a business is to create a customer.

Our purpose, as we face these challenges, remains clear - fair and orderly markets that allow for efficient capital formation, while protecting the interests of investors.

A characteristic of older folksongs, in most cases, is that we don't know their composers or authors. Older folksongs were written often with no commercial purpose in mind. They were passed down by word of mouth, from generation to generation.

I think the studio gave me that series on purpose, because they knew perfectly well that Robert Riskin was ill and that I needed to go to work. They gave me that series to do.