Quotation of the Day: On contradictions
Si un hombre nunca se contradice, será porque nunca dice nada. Miguel de Unamuno
Category: Quotation
Quotation of the Day: On Indecision
“More is lost by indecision than wrong decision. Indecision is the thief of opportunity. It will steal you blind.” — Cicero
Quotation of the Day: The cost of low numeracy
A recent report stated that the cost of adult low numeracy ‘can be counted in lost earnings — the £25 billion…would be added to our collective pay packets if numeracy skills could be levelled up’. That is about £1700 per person per annum.,, A large-scale study of adults with colorectal cancer in the UK and…
Quotations of the Day
‘Seek Simplicity . . . and Distrust It’ Alfred North Whitehead And a second… There is no such thing as perfection, only the relentless, thirsty matching of an organism to its environment. Siddhartha Mukherjee in The Gene: An Intimate History
Quotation of the Day
The generic share of total prescriptions dispensed in the US increased from 14% when the Hatch-Waxman legislation was passed [1984] to 42% by 2000 and 92% today. James C. Robinson in JAMA 2022
Quotations of the Day: On presentations
It’s not what you tell your players that counts. It’s what they hear. Red Auerbach, former coach of the Boston Celtics The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place. George Bernard Shaw
Quotation of the Day: On cost sharing for cancer drugs
This is a few years old, but still very relevant. It’s from a speech by former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb on March 7, 2018 titled “Capturing the Benefits of Competition for Patients“ Patients shouldn’t be penalized by their biology if they need a drug that isn’t on formulary. Patients shouldn’t face exorbitant out of pocket…
Quotation of the Day: Concise writing
“If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter.” — Marcus Tullius Cicero,
Quotation of the Day
Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards. – Soren Kierkegaard
Quotation of the Day
To dare is to lose one’s footing momentarily. Not to dare is to lose oneself. Soren Kierkegaard