Martin H. Fischer

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

A doctor must work eighteen hours a day and seven days a week. If you cannot console yourself to this, get out of the profession.

You must learn to talk clearly. The jargon of scientific terminology which rolls off your tongues is mental garbage.

I want the BBC to be a mass market public service broadcaster still funded by the licence fee... and the licence fee is more durable than many people in the commercial sector believe.

Children don't need much advice but they really do need to be listened to and not just with half an ear.