I feel very blessed to have been involved with some of the most complex surgical procedures in the history of the world.

There is a tendency of people to try to make you believe only a few people are smart. As a brain surgeon, I know better than that.

As a pediatric neurosurgeon, I frequently faced life and death situations, and had to come up with the right diagnosis, the right plan, and execute that plan frequently with other colleagues.

It does not matter where we come from or what we look like. If we recognize our abilities, are willing to learn and to use what we know in helping others, we will always have a place in the world.

A good surgeon doesn't just concentrate on technical ability, but also on the appropriateness of what you're doing.

Uninformed people can be easily manipulated.

Obamacare is really I think the worst thing that has happened in this nation since slavery.

God has given to every one of us more than fourteen billion cells and connections in our brain. Now why would God give us such a complex organ system unless He expects us to use it?

Our schools too often want to shut people up so they can't talk about real solutions. People who think differently tend to clam up because they think something is wrong with their ideas.

Everyone in the world worth being nice to. Because God never creates inferior human beings, each person deserves respect and dignity.

Education does not necessarily make one wise?

I'm bored with it all. - Last Words

And when is there time to remember, to sift, to weigh, to estimate, to total?

This possibility to change reality, which exists in everyone, represents the real freedom of every human individual. He has an enormous possibility to change his world view.

There is scarcely an instance of a man who has made a fortune by speculation and kept it

Like all forms of collective security, multilateral sanctions require a unanimity rarely achieved in international politics.

I think Detroit would do real well if we started repopulating it with young, aspirational people.

People are still grasping for the miracle, and unfortunately, there are no miracles, if you do not exercise for a year, and let your body remain dormant, then you will gain weight.

Down the blue night the unending columns press In noiseless tumult, break and wave and flow

How could I, blest with thee, long nights employ; And how with the longest day enjoy!