I advise those who want to become writers to study veterinary medicine, which is easier. You don't want to be a writer unless you have no choice - and if you have no choice, good luck to you. - Robin Mckinley Here was my lesson in the reach of veterinary medicine, in how an animal doctor may not be the one standing up when disaster strikes and someone shouts, 'Is there a doctor in the house?' but occasionally, if he or she is lucky, a vet can help heal a sick loved one. - Nick Trout

If we want to kill Obamacare and we want to end socialized medicine, it must be done in the next election! - Michele Bachmann But who knew what would happen once he got to Canada? Canada with its pacifism and its socialized medicine! Canada with its millions of French speakers! It was like...like...like a foreign country! Father Mike might become a fugitive over there, living it up in Quebec. He might disappear into Saskatchewan and roam with the moose. -Middlesex, by Jeffrey Eugenides (2003), P. 507 - Jeffrey Eugenides

Only desperation can account for what the Chinese do in the name of 'medicine.' That's something you might remind your New Age friends who've gone gaga over 'holistic medicine' and 'alternative Chinese cures. - Anthony Bourdain A traditional doctor gets paid to push pills, vaccinate, radiate, and basically exterminate people. No different than a contract killerexcept the hit man is more honest, as he doesn't claim to be helping humanity. Holistic medicine is the only way to go. - Jarod Kintz

You know what they call alternative medicine that's been proved to work? - Medicine. - Tim Minchin 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