I am one of those people who isn’t great at anything, but I’m pretty good at most things.
Had the situation not been so tragic, we might have laughed.
In order to fly, you have to give up the ground you are standing on.
The darkest days in my life after the war, after the war, was when I discovered that the. . . most of the members and commanders of the Einsatz group that were doing the killings, not even in gas chambers, but killing with machine guns, had college degrees from German universities and PhD's and MD's. Couldn't believe it.
I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation.
No one is as capable of gratitude as one who has emerged from the kingdom of night. We know that every moment is a moment of grace, every hour an offering; not to share them would mean to betray them. Our lives no longer belong to us alone; they belong to all those who need us desperately.
No human being is illegal. That is a contradiction in terms. Human beings can be beautiful or more beautiful, they can be fat or skinny, they can be right or wrong, but illegal? How can a human being be illegal?
Medicine, which I wouldn't be without, has also been a force for. . . less good. For example, if you look at our mishandling of the immune system, using antibiotics in children and avoiding infection, we've certainly increased the risk of asthma.
Like a one eyed cat peepin' in a seafood store.
In the year 1878 I took my degree of Doctor of Medicine of the University of London, and proceeded to Netley to go through the course prescribed for surgeons in the army. Having completed my studies there, I was duly attached to the Fifth Northumberland Fusiliers as Assistant Surgeon.
The way I write is totally instinctive. I just write what I feel or what I find funny - and hope everyone else agrees.