Braunwald Cardiology Quotes & Sayings

If Jesus predicted that the imminent apocalypse would arrive within his own generation, before his disciples had all died, what was one to think a generation later when in fact it had not arrived? One might conclude that Jesus was wrong. But if one wanted to stay true to him, one might change the message that he proclaimed so that he no longer spoke about the coming apocalypse. So it is no accident that our final canonical Gospel, John, written after that first generation, no longer has Jesus proclaim an apocalyptic message. He preaches something else entirely. — Bart D. Ehrman

I always knew what I was doing. — Jackie Gleason

They think that intelligence is about noticing things are relevant (detecting patterns); in a complex world, intelligence consists in ignoring things that are irrelevant (avoiding false patterns) — Nassim Nicholas Taleb

While praying I passed into a state of entrancement, and in that state I saw the angel and the plates. — Martin Harris

What I mean is, things like that happen. They may seem might cruel and unfair, but that's how life is a part of the time. But that isn't the only way life is. A part of the time, it's mighty good. And a man can't afford to waste all the good part, worrying about the bad parts. That makes it all bad — Fred Gipson

Once Tony Daley opens his legs you've got a problem. — Howard Wilkinson

Introverts don't see life as one big cocktail party. We're content with just a few meaningful relationships. — Jenn Granneman

The programs constantly repeat themselves and one another. No one has yet had the nerve to say, 'As we have nothing sensible to tell you between now and 8:30, please tune in again then. — Quentin Crisp

Whenever anyone harbored ill will toward the beast or said he'd got what he deserved, the spell increased and the evil grew stronger and stronger in the gargoyle. It became more and more difficult for people to forgive-and love-not only the beast, but each other as well. This, too, made the evil increase. — S.L. Whyte

My parents taught me as a kid: do your work. Do it well. Try as hard as you can, whatever it is. It will one day, for the long [run], it will make some sort of change somewhere. — Jake Gyllenhaal

Those who do unlawful acts are no more sinners in the eyes of God than we who think them. — Elbert Hubbard

a petition campaign called Work to Live. The goal of this movement was to pass a law that would increase American vacation time to three weeks after one year on the job, and to four weeks after three years. — Rolf Potts

Goals are simply tools to focus your energy in positive directions, these can be changed as your priorities change, new one added, and others dropped. — Christopher Columbus

Sin creates the illusion of freedom. In the end it fools us into seeking freedom from God rather than finding freedom in God. — Erwin McManus

In short, our gentleman became so caught up in reading that he spent his nights reading from dusk till dawn and his days reading from sunrise to sunset, and so with too little sleep and too much reading his brains dried up, causing him to lose his mind. — Edith Grossman