When [disease] can't be stopped, that's where we become lost.

Better is possible. It does not take genius. It takes diligence. It takes moral clarity. It takes ingenuity. And above all, it takes a willingness to try.

Our reluctance to honestly examine the experience of aging and dying has increased the harm we inflict on people and denied them the basic comforts they most need.

No matter what measures are taken, doctors will sometimes falter, and it isn't reasonable to ask that we achieve perfection. What is reasonable is to ask that we never cease to aim for it.

You may not control life's circumstances, but getting to be the author of your life means getting to control what you do with them.

You can't make a recipe for something as complicated as surgery. Instead, you can make a recipe for how to have a team that's prepared for the unexpected.

Arriving at an acceptance of one's mortality is a process, not an epiphany.

Courage is strength in the face of knowledge of what is to be feared or hoped. Wisdom is prudent strength.

Coaching done well may be the most effective intervention designed for human performance.

Life is choices, and they are relentless. No sooner have you made one choice than another is upon you.

This is the reality of intensive care: at any point, we are as apt to harm as we are to heal.

Brunettes are troublemakers. They're worse than the Jews.

Few things are as encouraging as the realization that things can be different and that we have a role in making them so.

My sisters and I were encouraged to choose the direction of our lives.

All ignorance is the lack of love.

That's how it always is in the entertainment industry, your feet are always treading Jello.

If we have power to degrade an entire society, then we also have the power to uplift it.

Never ask a bore a question.

You cannot underestimate the influence of Shakespeare.

I am lucky. I am fortunate. I found the love of my life.

The declaration that religious faith shall be unpunished does not give immunity to criminal acts dictated by religious error.