Author: Martin H. Fischer

Quotes

Education is the process of driving a set of prejudices down your throat.

Education is the process of driving a set of prejudices down your throat.

- Martin H. Fischer

A man who cannot work without his hypodermic needle is a poor doctor. The amount of narcotic you use is inversely proportional to your skill.

A man who cannot work without his hypodermic needle is a poor doctor. The amount of narcotic you use is inversely proportional to your skill.

- Martin H. Fischer

Whenever ideas fail, men invent words.

Whenever ideas fail, men invent words.

- Martin H. Fischer

Facts are not science - as the dictionary is not literature.

Facts are not science - as the dictionary is not literature.

- Martin H. Fischer

Don't confuse hypothesis and theory. The former is a possible explanation; the latter, the correct one. The establishment of theory is the very purpose of science.

Don't confuse hypothesis and theory. The former is a possible explanation; the latter, the correct one. The establishment of theory is the very purpose of science.

- Martin H. Fischer

Knowledge is a process of piling up facts; wisdom lies in their simplification.

Knowledge is a process of piling up facts; wisdom lies in their simplification.

- Martin H. Fischer

Don't despise empiric truth. Lots of things work in practice for which the laboratory has never found proof.

Don't despise empiric truth. Lots of things work in practice for which the laboratory has never found proof.

- Martin H. Fischer

A good teacher must know the rules; a good pupil, the exceptions.

A good teacher must know the rules; a good pupil, the exceptions.

- Martin H. Fischer

In the sick room, ten cents' worth of human understanding equals ten dollars' worth of medical science.

In the sick room, ten cents' worth of human understanding equals ten dollars' worth of medical science.

- Martin H. Fischer

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