John Hunter Quotations

set out systematically to question every established process.

No operation should be carried out unless absolutely necessary . . . nor should a surgeon operate unless he would undergo the same operation himself in similar circumstances, ... The Knife Man: The Extraordinary Life and Times of John Hunter, Father of Modern Surgery.

If they didn't have ten fights a night, it was a bad night.

I am glad the commissioners supported our will. Nobody wanted this.

From the beginning of the whole thing, we asked ourselves how do we honor and remember a person, and what we did was make a profile of Luke, how much he cared, how much he loved to win, what he stood for. We've made that our responsibility and used that as our rally cry. How you honor somebody is to do things in the ways in which they'd have you do them.

I think we kept focus on the reason we're here, the kids. I think the compromise you came up with still addresses the kids, and they'll come out the winners.

Most animals are built to withstand one bad year.

Yeah, I was a local hero. It was great for me, 'cos I had a full house every night all night seven nights a week for five years that I played. The next five years I just played five days a week, but I still had a full house every night.

We had every kind of audience you could name. Young, old, not-so-old, some older than old, some younger than young: they were there, they were there! There was everything.

Well, I don't know how they define that. But they have this Texas blues thing blown kinda out of proportion. I am a Long John Hunter blues, before and after, that's what I am.

We just know the government is one good resource.

Very likely I did, ... I hope I grow wiser every year.

During preliminary planning we wanted to find something that represented the species itself. It will cost $30,000, and the island residents are really taking this project on.

That's what we stress - four turnovers a game. We saw some things on film and we knew that Coach Wilkins was going to do something with that play at some point in the game.

they may opt to restart their lives here in Los Angeles. In any case, they won't have to worry about where their next meal is coming from, or whether they'll have a roof over their heads.

It's absolutely absurd to even consider voting on Sunday alcohol sales. I am opposed to alcohol period. It doesn't do anybody any good in the long run. It's a dangerous drug.

I just play to good people; they seem to like what I do, and the more they like it, the more I play.

In that case, we would go ahead and violate the law, because sometimes the law is wrong. These poor guys are dying out there, and women, and no one is helping them.

I came from the country, and when I came to the city, I was ridin' high, you know. I was seeing more lights than I ever dreamed to shine in the world. 'Cos where I came from, there wasn't too many lights. Bugs made a lot of light, but after that there wasn't no lights.

I developed my style by pickin' a lot of cotton, plowin' that ole mule every day. I just got the rhythm, and any rhythm I need I know where it is; I know where to find it.

I can't believe they were trying to destroy our neighborhood. I am glad cooler heads prevailed.