If the poor overweight jogger only knew how far he had to run to work off the calories in a crust of bread he might find it better in terms of pound per mile to go to a massage parlor.
More Quotes from Christiaan Barnard:
I don't believe medical discoveries are doing much to advance human life. As fast as we create ways to extend it we are inventing ways to shorten it.Christiaan Barnard
The prime goal is to alleviate suffering, and not to prolong life. And if your treatment does not alleviate suffering, but only prolongs life, that treatment should be stopped.
Christiaan Barnard
It is infinitely better to transplant a heart than to bury it to be devoured by worms.
Christiaan Barnard
Suffering isn't ennobling, recovery is.
Christiaan Barnard
On Saturday, I was a surgeon in South Africa, very little known. On Monday, I was world renowned.
Christiaan Barnard
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Keywords: calories, crust, jogger, massage, overweight, parlorA man from hell is not afraid of hot ashes.
Dorothy Gilman
And I found both literature and the church very dramatic presences in the world of the 1950s.
Thomas Keneally
I believe that everything in life happens for a reason.
Boris Becker