Sir William Osler Quotes & Sayings

The consequence of a world full of nuclear powers to me is so incomprehensible in terms of the dangers that that implies. — Lawrence Eagleburger

Emulating the persistence and care of Darwin, we must collect facts with open-minded watchulness, unbiased by crotchets or notions; fact on fact, instance on instance, experiment upon experiment; facts which neatly fit the idea of their relationship, may establish a general principle."

Sir William Osler, Counsels and Ideals — Hillary Johnson

Life is belt of adjustments, stay true to yourselves and not go down the wrong path of scandals.Look into the situation before jumping in it. — Kishore Bansal

I'm no mystery; I'm just a simple woman with complex fantasies and fetishes. — Ella Dominguez

Give an inch, he'll take an ell. — Thomas Hobbes

One of the most appalling comments on our present way of life is that half of all the beds in our hospitals are reserved for patients with nervous and mental troubles, patients who have collapsed under the crushing burden of accumulated yesterdays and fearful tomorrows. Yet a vast majority of those people would be walking the streets today, leading happy, useful lives, if they had only heeded the words of Jesus: Have no anxiety about the morrow; or the words of Sir William Osler; Live in day-tight compartments. — Dale Carnegie

The maxims for success laid out by the powerful are never much good as guides for those who aren't powerful. — Elizabeth Janeway

It is much better to dare great things, to celebrate great triumphs, even when you have had failures along the way, then to get into the line of the cold and timid souls who experience neither joy nor pain because they live in the gray zone in which there is neither victory nor defeat." Winners — Bodo Schafer

I entered the literary world, really, from outside. My entire background has been in sciences; I was a biology major in college, then went to medical school. I've never had any formal training in writing. — Khaled Hosseini

If you write a book set in the past about something that happened east of the Mississippi, it's a 'historical novel.' If you write about something that took place west of the Mississippi, it's a 'Western'- and somehow regarded as a lesser work. I write historical novels about the frontier. — Louis L'Amour

I'm pretty much on the "eat whatever you can diet," just to get calories in, so I can maintain myself throughout the season. — Stephen Curry

There are two ways of getting into the Cabinet - you can crawl in or kick your way in. — Aneurin Bevan

I think it would be difficult to get drunk in China. I tried to drink some beer with chop sticks and it took me a whole day to finish one can. — Jerry Snider

Coincidences are glimpses in to the creative mind of the universe. — Deepak Chopra

You think once you've shown what you can do, and your movies have been successful, that snap, you work. So to discover the difference between guys' roles and girls' roles made me plain mad. It's unjust. — Connie Nielsen

There are three classes of human beings: men, women, and women physicians. - SIR WILLIAM OSLER — Sidney Sheldon

Of what avail is my love if it be only so long as I trust my friend? — Mahatma Gandhi