Quotes
doctors are just the same as lawyers; the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob and kill you too.
–chekhov
Eppur si muove (It would still move)
Galileo as papal inquisitor asked him to recant; in ref to the earth)
Sir Malcolm Fisher ‘you can resuscitate a patient with sterile dog piss if you want – just give the right amount of it!
Henry Louis Mencken “For every complex problem, there is a solution thatis simple, neat, and wrong.”
James Henry Farquhar Shaw, MD, DSc calls this sort of behavior “MICLO” (Masterly Inactivity and Cat-Like Observation).
Malcolm Fisher says “Don’t just do something, stand there”.
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke, “Profiles of The Future”, 1961 (Clarke’s third law). Clarke’s other two laws which also apply: Clarke’s first law: When a distinguished but elderly scientist or physician (such as Dr. David Crippen, MD, FCCM*) states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong.– Arthur C. Clarke (Hazards of Prophecy: The Failure of Imagination)
“The plural of anecdote is not data.” (unknown attribution)
Clarke’s second law : The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible. — Arthur C. Clarke (Hazards of Prophecy: The Failure of Imagination)
The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war (Chinese Proverb)
On the occasion of his 70th birthday he was presented with a framed set of laws by his friends and colleagues. These laws were derived from the sayings of Peter Safar himself. They were titled Peters Laws for the Navigation of Life with the instructive subtitle The Creed of the Sociopathic Obsessive Compulsive.
Imagine the laws spoken in the Austrian-English idiom, by an elegant and energetic elderly man with a wide grin on his face:
1. If anything can go wrong, fix it!
2. When given a choice, take both.
3. Multiple projects lead to multiple successes.
4. Start at the top and work your way up.
5. Do it by the book but be the author.
6. When forced to compromise, ask for more.
7. If you cant beat them, join them, and then beat them.
8. If its worth doing, its got to be done now!
9. If you cant win, change the rules.
10. If you cant change the rules, then ignore them.
11. Perfection is not optional.
12. When faced without a challenge, make one.
13. No simply means begin again at one level higher.
14. Dont walk when you can run.
15. Bureaucracy is a challenge to be conquered with a righteous attitude, a tolerance for stupidity, and a bulldozer when necessary.
16. When in doubt, THINK!
17. Patience is a virtue, but persistence to the point of success is a blessing.
18. The squeaky wheel gets replaced.
19. The faster you move, the slower time passes, the longer you live!
20. Death is not the enemy but occasionally needs help with timing.
21: When on thin ice, dance.
22: Its up to us to save the world.
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