Jill Biden Quotes

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

The art of medicine was to be properly learned only from its practice and its exercise.

The best physicians are Dr. Diet, Dr. Quiet, and Dr. Merryman.

Common sense is in medicine the master workman.

Expertise is the mantra of modern medicine.

My father was a doctor.

The kind of doctor I want is one who when he's not examining me is home studying medicine.

I personally don't feel like I'm really different with the mask on or not, but I don't really like to take interviews or go talk to other people or in front of other people.

I don't see myself turning into a romantic hero. I may not be comfortable doing that. I may not be cut out to do that. It may not even suit my image.

I just don't see myself as a travel writer. I can't. I don't.

To study the phenomena of disease without books is to sail an uncharted sea, while to study books without patients is not to go to sea at all.

We'd like to have immediate answers to all of our questions. I think medicine in particular. I found it frustrating as a physician sometimes to not be able to tell someone exactly why something was happening to them. There are still so many mysteries in medicine.

I think what's most interesting about me is the work that I do.

Ever since I left Northern Ireland, I've always been pretty comfortable on my own, which contradicts a lot of people's perceptions of me.

I'm a physician first and foremost. I will always be a physician.

Don't just view me as an actor.

The good physician treats the disease; the great physician treats the patient who has the disease.

The kids can see that there are more parts to me than just being their mom; I wear a couple of different hats and have other roles to play.

People have Plato's form in their mind of what a leader is, or what a C.E.O. is, and it is a bunch of elements that I really don't conform to at all. I've given this a lot of thought, and I came to the conclusion that I don't care.

Medicine is not only a science; it is also an art. It does not consist of compounding pills and plasters; it deals with the very processes of life, which must be understood before they may be guided.

I am a doctor, a real doctor.

What doctor does not need platform heels and dark black eyeliner to treat their patients?

The best doctors in the world are Doctor Diet, Doctor Quiet, and Doctor Merryman.

I feel like a character actress - it's where I'm comfortable.

If people see me in some sort of niche, then that's fine. As long as it's not The Naked Guy, I don't care.