Non Elective Surgery Quotes & Sayings

After my divorce, painting took me out of panic mode and into a serene, calm place. I could absolutely lose myself. — Jane Seymour

I don't even like to sleep - I feel as if there's too much to do. — James Franco

Well, promise me one thing, Liesel. If I die anytime soon, you make sure they bury me right. — Markus Zusak

Revolt, for you have nothing to lose but your chains and your [refugee] tents! — George Habash

Man loves company - even if it is only that of a small burning candle. — Georg C. Lichtenberg

Britain, with the most completely socialized health system in the West, now spends the lowest fraction of GNP on health care of any major nation. There are frequent complaints of excessive waits for elective surgery and other inconveniences, but British citizens live slightly longer than Americans, on average, and our overall health conditions are comparable. — Robert Kuttner

A study of interactions between women and obstetricians offers an explanation. It described three levels of increasing power imbalance: In the first, you fight and lose; in the second you don't fight because you know you can't win. However, in the highest level of power differential, your preferences are so manipulated that you act against your own interests, but you are content. Elective [meaning requested for no medical reason, not to be confused with needed surgery planned in advance] repeat cesarean exemplifies that highest level. — Henci Goer

The Rough Beast snorted. "You don't get it at all, buddy. It's not about wrestling. It's about stories. We're storytellers."
Caperton studied him. "Somebody at my job just said that."
"It's true! You have to be able to tell the story to get people on board for anything. A soft drink, a suck sesh, elective surgery, gardening, even your thing
public space? I prefer private space, but that's cool. Anyway, nobody cares about anything if there isn't a story attached. Ask the team that wrote the Bible. Ask Vincent Allan Poe."
"But doesn't it seem kind of creepy?" Caperton said. "All of us just going around calling ourselves storytellers?"
The Rough Beast shrugged. "Well, you can be negative. That's the easy way out. — Sam Lipsyte

Yeah, the New York Times is very intellectual and very, very prestigious, but it doesn't reach the market that People magazine does. — Edward James Olmos

We loved killing time and had perfected several ways of doing so. We wandered the hallways carrying papers that indicated some mission of business when in reality we were in search of free candy. — Joshua Ferris

Joke stealing is a big deal to me, but I mean, I'm not going to investigate it if it doesn't effect me directly. — Greg Giraldo

In some ways this was Goethe's greatest achievement: the search for the serial relationships in nature, emphasizing border experiences, the junctures where "the real joints of nature" are located, is most likely to reveal the process of change, development, organizing principles. This is also why it needed individuals who were both poet and scientist, who could combine "imagination, observation and thought in the act of language. — Peter Watson

I don't like surgery. I don't like elective surgery, I don't like surgery that you have to have. — Sandra Bernhard

In the days of Columbus most medical practices were as much superstition as science. Because of infections, operations were not often performed, except for amputations under dire battlefield conditions. Most of the time these attempts to rectify an abnormality ended in disaster. Now things are different, with positive results being expected and are so frequent that people depend on elective surgery to enhance their lives. — Hank Bracker

All you had to do was crack up and beg to see the Governor; grovel at his feet and admit to being a dissident; heartily repent your sins, and volunteer for elective brain surgery. — H.M. Forester

A true patriot will defend his country from its government. — Thomas Jefferson

These are only new devices for putting the weak at the mercy of the strong. — Nikola Tesla

Men as well as women, must strive for a balance of experience. Masculinity, defined as requiring the ability to act physically or mentally but excluding anything too emotional or nurturing, currently denies men this balance. Their ability to care is seen as inappropriate for everyday use, and a lack of desire for power or promotion are seen as signs of inadequacy. — Eva Cox

Sarah. Sarah. Sarah. I can't get away from myself. — A.S. King

When patients are admitted to hospital for elective surgery or non-urgent conditions, their vital signs are only monitored every four hours, unless they have been identified as being at high risk of deterioration. — Chris Toumazou

Left to me, the whole purpose of government is for the security of the citizens, like the security of lives and property. — Ibrahim Babangida