The most exquisite pleasure in the practice of medicine comes from nud…

Kurt Vonnegut
638 citations
The most exquisite pleasure in the practice of medicine comes from nudging a layman in the direction of terror, then bringing him back to safety again.
Humor
16

More Author Quotes

The First Amendment reads more like a dream than a law, and no other nation, so far as I know, has been crazy enough to include such a dream among its fundamental legal documents. I defend it because … ▶
Maturity, the way I understand it, is knowing what your limitations are.
Music is, to me, proof of the existence of God. It is so extraordinarily full of magic, and in tough times of my life I can listen to music and it makes such a difference.
Perhaps, when we remember wars, we should take off our clothes and paint ourselves blue and go on all fours all day long and grunt like pigs. That would surely be more appropriate than noble oratory … ▶
They like life alright, but that they would like it even better if they could know that it was going to end sometime. ✨ Kurt Vonnegut (1998). Timequake, p.177, Penguin

The most exquisite pleasure in the practice of medicine comes from nudging a layman in the direction of terror, then bringing him back to safety again.

More Author Quotes

Most Cited Authors

The Best Quotes

Most Liked Authors

Curated Author Quotes