Oliver Sacks Quotes & Trivia



Quotes

Who cared if there was really any Being to pray to? What mattered was the sense of giving thanks and praise, the feeling of a humble and grateful heart.

If migraine patients have a common and legitimate second complaint besides their migraines, it is that they have not been listened to by physicians. Looked at, investigated, drugged, charged, but not listened to." [Newsweek, 20 Aug 1984

There is only one cardinal rule: One must always LISTEN to the patient." [Newsweek, 20 Aug 1984

Trivia

Lives in Greenwich Village, New York City, where he swims in local YMCA pool regularly.

One of his first cousins was Abba Eban, Israeli Diplomat, author, scholar, narrator of the nine-part TV series Heritage and another TV series. He completed one film, The Brink of Peace.