Quotes from Martin H. Fischer

First need in the reform of hospital management? That's easy! The death of all dietitians, and the resurrection of a French chef.

I am of the Buddhists. The great Teacher comes periodically. He is followed by pupils who corrupt the texts and then a new Buddha must be born to reëstablish the truth.

It is not hard to learn more. What is hard is to unlearn when you discover yourself wrong.

The first attribute that characterizes the greater man from the moron is his thicker layer of inhibition.

Sweat silently. Let's have no squawking about a little expenditure of energy.

We use our brains too little, and when we do, it is only to make excuses for our reflexes and our instincts.

If you do not agree with the prevalent point of view, be ready to explain why.

If you don't know what's meant by God, watch a forsythia branch or a lettuce leaf sprout.

Don't forget that the flavors of wine and cheese depend upon the types of infecting microörganisms.

Paradoxical as it sounds, many intellectuals prefer life in the mud to life in clear water.

Not fact-finding, but attainment to philosophy is the aim of science.

International trade note: the American is a gentle guy; but don't pressure him; if you do he turns toad and squirts poison.

The only man we have any respect for, is he who uses all the endowment he has, and uses it until he bleeds.

Social reform aims to improve the condition of the poor by worsening the condition of the rich.

I find four great classes of students: The dumb who stay dumb. The dumb who become wise. The wise who go dumb. The wise who remain wise.

Why should moral distinction be made between death by the spirochete and death by the streptococcus?

Life has been reduced to getting food out of cans.

Any man who does not make himself proficient in at least two languages other than his own is a fool.

The world is your school.

The patient does not care about your science; what he wants to know is, can you cure him?

The new appears as a minority point of view, and hence is unpopular. The function of a university is to give it a sanctuary.

Follow Descartes! Do not give up the religion of your youth until you get a better one.

I find that most men would rather have their bellies opened for five hundred dollars than have a tooth pulled for five.

Physiological response to thinking and to pain is the same; and man is not given to hurting himself.