Quotes by : Samuel Shem

To do nothing for the gomers was to do something, and the more conscientiously I did nothing the better....

A BMS hears hoofbeats outside his window, the first thing he thinks of is a zebra

At a cardiac arrest, the first procedure is to take your own pulse

I'm telling you that the cure is the disease. The main source of the illness in this world is the doctor's....

Only write if you can't not.

Gomers are human beings who have lost what goes into being human beings. They want to die, and we will....

It ain't easy to do nothing, now that society is telling everyone that their body is fundamentally flawed....

The patient is the one with the disease

We were putting into these gomers our fear of death, but who knew if they feared death? Perhaps they....

There is no body cavity that cannot be reached with a number fourteen needle and a good strong arm.

Basch: So why don't you ask her out?The Runt: I'm scared she wouldn't like me and say no.-So what? What....