Norman Barrett quotes

It is the doctors who desert the dying and there is so much to be learned about pain.
-- Norman Barrett

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Tender-handed stroke a nettle, And it stings you for your pains; Grasp it like a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains. 'Tis the same with common natures: Use 'em kindly, they rebel; But be rough as nutmeg-graters, And the rogues obey you well.

And while one is brought up with luxury and caresses, and is thrown bewildered and despairing into a dark pit, another is lifted from the pit and raised to a throne where a jeweled crown is placed on his head. The world has no shame in doing this; it is prompt to hand out both pleasure and pain and has no need of us an our doings.

That's another piece of advice: Don't go to college; follow your dreams. Unless you're a doctor - then go to college.

I want to be a child doctor. A pediatry... how do you call it, pediatrician? Do I like kids? No, not really.

There are some people who're all doctors. Is it genetic?

If I wasnt a designer, I would love to be a doctor. That is my fantasy, my dream. A doctor will give you a tablet if you have a headache, and I will give you a dress, and we both make you feel good.

I'm not a big fan of talking about dying. And then I make a movie where I kill everybody.

I love music videos, I really do. I think it's kind of sad that it's a dying art form.

Only cowards insult dying majesty.

Good God! how often are we to die before we go quite off this stage? In every friend we lose a part of ourselves, and the best part.