I think I'm a better doctor than I am a husband. I give myself a good grade as a doctor, then the next best grade as a father, and the worst grade as a husband. Mehmet Oz baddoctorfather Change image and share on social
Hostility comes from loneliness, from not seeing yourself like a drop falling into the ocean of humanity like everyone else. Mehmet Oz dropfallhostility Change image and share on social
As a surgeon you have to have a controlled arrogance. If it's uncontrolled, you kill people, but you have to be pretty arrogant to saw through a person's chest, take out their heart and believe you can fix it. Then, when you succeed and the patient survives, you pray, because it's only by the grace of God that you get there. Mehmet Oz arrogancearrogantchest share on social
In my business, if I get too close to you and you die, it hurts me. And so you develop a natural inclination not to be close to the patient, so that if things don't work out ideally, you can still get up the next day and care for the next patient. Mehmet Oz businesscareclose share on social
Not enough families eat together. We eat in front of the TV while we're absorbed in a program. Mehmet Oz absorbeatfamily Change image and share on social
True health care reform cannot happen in Washington. It has to happen in our kitchens, in our homes, in our communities. All health care is personal. Mehmet Oz carecommunityhappen Change image and share on social
What we have now is doctors who are actually better technically at what they're doing in their specialty than 30 or 40 years ago, but we lost the relationship, when the doctor would look people in the eye and say, 'I care about you. We can do this together.' Mehmet Oz agocaredoctor share on social
Medicine grounds me, it centers me, that's why I continue to do it. Mehmet Oz centercontinueground Change image and share on social
Most allopathic doctors think practitioners of alternative medicine are all quacks. They're not. Often they're sharp people who think differently about disease. Mehmet Oz allopathicalternativedifferently Change image and share on social