Martin H. Fischer

We humans are the greatest of earth's parasites.

You must learn to talk clearly. The jargon of scientific terminology which rolls off your tongues is mental garbage.

None of the great discoveries was made by a 'specialist' or a 'researcher'.

Don't confuse hypothesis and theory. The former is a possible explanation; the latter, the correct one. The establishment of theory is the very purpose of science.

The practice of medicine is a thinker's art the practice of surgery a plumber's.

Diagnosis is not the end, but the beginning of practice.

First need in the reform of hospital management? That's easy! The death of all dietitians, and the resurrection of a French chef.

Research has been called good business, a necessity, a gamble, a game. It is none of these - it's a state of mind.

A conclusion is the place where you got tired thinking.

Knowledge is a process of piling up facts; wisdom lies in their simplification.

Here's good advice for practice: go into partnership with nature; she does more than half the work and asks none of the fee.

Education is the process of driving a set of prejudices down your throat.