Robert Jarvik Quotes

“I am a medical scientist, not a practical physician. I think it's very upfront. I am a doctor. I have long experience with heart disease.”

“I am a medical scientist, not a practical physician. I think it's very upfront. I am a doctor. I have long experience with heart disease.”

“I accepted the role of spokesman for Lipitor because I am dedicated to the battle against heart disease, which killed my father at age 62 and motivated me to become a medical doctor.”

“I am a medical scientist, not a practical physician.”

“I do not practice clinical medicine and hence do not treat individual patients. My career is in medical science.”

“I am, in fact, a medical doctor; I am a world expert in mechanical heart technology; and I am an athletically fit man who takes care of his own health through diet and exercise, including frequent five mile runs.”

“Leaders are visionaries with a poorly developed sense of fear and no concept of the odds against them.”

“This idea that clumsy, stumbling people are real bright is ridiculous, because intelligence is related to neurologic function, and really intelligent people are very well-coordinated.”

“Leaders are visionaries with a poorly developed sense of fear and no concept of the odds against them. They make the impossible happen.”

“Leaders are visionaries with a poorly developed sense of fear and no concept of the odds against them. They make the impossible happen.”

“I had a dream about you. We installed Dr. Robert Jarvik’s artificial heart in a mannequin and brought it to life, only to later kill it because a creature that’s all fake heart and no brain is what’s commonly called a “politician,” and must be destroyed.
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