DB'S MEDICAL RANTS

Internal medicine, American health care, and especially medical education

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Winston Churchill

If you have ten thousand regulations, you destroy all respect for the law

Cory Franklin

The takeaway is the essential value of human experience — we can never have too many Capt. Sullenbergers, in aviation or medicine.

Socrates

I can’t teach anyone directly; I can only encourage them to think critically for themselves.

Eric Hoffer

What begins as a mass movement often devolves into a racket, cult, or corporation over time.

James Yorke

The most successful individuals excel at adapting and implementing Plan B when their initial plans do not work out.

Marcus Buckingham

To achieve sustained success, identify what you dislike and avoid doing those activities. Focus on what you enjoy instead.

Kensho Furuya

Learning is endless. Believing we’ve learned everything shows that we’ve truly learned nothing at all.

William Blake

A person who never changes their opinion is stagnant, like standing water, leading to unproductive thoughts.