White Coat Quotes

• So there was President Obama, giving his bazillionth speech on health care, droning yet again that “now is the hour when we must seize the moment,” the same moment he’s been seizing every day of the week for the past year, only this time his genius photo-op guys thought it would look good to have him surrounded by men in white coats.

  Mark Steyn

  Men, Past, White

  "STEYN: It’s not about health care". www.washingtontimes.com. March 7, 2010.

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• You’ve got on a white coat. (Ephani) Awesome cognitive powers you have there. (Alexion)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  White, Coats, Cognitive

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• There's no doctor in a white coat that's going to save you, or a system or a pill - it's always going to be you and the choices that you make.

  Mariel Hemingway

  Doctors, White, Choices

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• Science has authority not because of white coats or titles, but because of precision and transparency: you explain your theory, set out your evidence, and reference the studies that support your case.

  Ben Goldacre

  White, Support, Coats

  Ben Goldacre (2014). “I Think You’ll Find It’s a Bit More Complicated Than That”, p.22, HarperCollins UK

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• Nunca llegué a imaginarme como médico bajo esa bata blanca, pero desde muy pronto me interesó la idea de la curación y la dimensión psicológica.

  Robert Jay Lifton

  Curación, Médicos, Ideas

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• Comemos pescado y patatas fritas, que W. y yo traemos de la tienda de la plaza del mercado de Settle. Entran unos chicos de la zona y charlan un rato con el freidor sobre si el cernícalo que hay bajo el mostrador está a la venta. Sólo cuando se lo comento a W., me explica que Kestrel es ahora una cerveza rubia. Imagino que el futuro va a contener un número creciente de incidentes como éste, que culminarán con un hombre de bata blanca diciéndole a uno amablemente: "Y ahora, ¿puede decirme el nombre del Primer Ministro?".

  Alan Bennett

  Boys, Men, Names

  "Writing Home". Book by Alan Bennett, 1994.

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• Psychologists really aim to be scientists, white-coat stuff, with elaborate statistics, running experiments.

  Daniel Kahneman

  Running, White, Coats

  "Daniel Kahneman: 'We're beautiful devices'". Interview with Oliver Burkeman, www.theguardian.com. November 14, 2011.

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• I have a wonderful white coat I can wear on the court and also in New York for those rainy days...its lady-like and goes perfect with my personality.

  Serena Williams

  New York, Rainy Day, White

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• You know, Talon. Towels look really good on you. You go outside like that and you’ll start a whole new fashion craze. (Sunshine) Do you always say everything that comes to your mind? (Talon) Mostly. I do have some thoughts I keep to myself. I used to not care and would say anything at all, but then one time my college roommate called the psycho unit on me. You know, they really do have white coats. (Sunshine)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Fashion, Sunshine, College

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• Quantification, experimentation, rigor, repetition, prediction - all of these are part of the experimental sciences. There's an iconography also namely man, and I do mean males in white coats who spin dials and wait for numbers to appear.

  Richard Lewontin

  Mean, Men, White

  Fuente: www.abc.net.au

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• Así que, por supuesto, hagamos un programa de televisión rápido y largo, aunque el anuncio tenga que ser emitido por un hombre con bata blanca y un estetoscopio colgado del cuello, vendiendo pastillas de cornezuelo. Al fin y al cabo, el público tiene derecho a lo que quiere, ¿no? Los romanos lo sabían e incluso ellos duraron cuatrocientos años después de empezar a pudrirse.

  Raymond Chandler

  Media, Hombres, Años

  Raymond Chandler, Dorothy Gardiner, Kathrine Sorley Walker (1977). "Raymond Chandler Speaking", p.139, Univ of California Press.

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• Yo quería ser farmacéutico. Me gustaba que nuestro farmacéutico estuviera siempre vestido con una bonita bata blanca; parecía muy tranquilo, le dabas dinero y te daba algo que querías comprar.

  Walter Matthau

  Bonito, Blanco, Regalar

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