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Richard Dooling Quotes

And it was back in the mid-1980s, and as I point out in a piece, that was when we are spending about eight percent of our gross domestic product on health care. And even then, we had the impression that so much of the excessive, aggressive medical treatment that took place at the end of life was not only unnecessary but it was cruel Picture Quote #1

Over and over again, financial experts and wonkish talking heads endeavor to explain these mysterious, ‘toxic’ financial instruments to us lay folk. Over and over, they ignobly fail, because we all know that no one understands credit default obligations and derivatives, except perhaps Mr. Buffett and the computers who created them Picture Quote #1

As the financial experts all over the world use machines to unwind Gordian knots of financial arrangements so complex that only machines can make - ‘derive’ - and trade them, we have to wonder: Are we living in a bad sci-fi movie? Is the Matrix made of credit default swaps? Picture Quote #1

I always wanted to be a writer... ‘Critical Care’ was my first published work. I was 34 when it came out. I was accumulating ‘Critical Care’ for years. I would go for a whole year and not touch it. And then I’d go back to it Picture Quote #1

I begin every novel with the vow that I will not write about technology, Catholicism, or Hell. As you know, I end up writing about all three. They just happen to be personal obsessions of mine Picture Quote #1

The most interesting character to me is someone who is stuck in the no man’s land between Belief and Unbelief, Faith and Faithlessness. I’m capitalizing like a German, but it doesn’t matter whether it’s faith in a person or in God, or belief in science or whatever, it’s the desperate in-between state that makes for interesting dramatic tension Picture Quote #1

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I’m always working. I don’t really set limits. I tend to go in bursts. And in between, I’m doing my taxes, answering the phone, and all those kinds of things. I waste a lot of time. Computers take a lot of time. I love computers Picture Quote #1

Criminal court is where bad people are on their best behavior. It’s much more dangerous for lawyers and judges in family court, where good people are at their worst Picture Quote #1

As a society, we pick words that are offensive based on what we’re most afraid of. We associate sounds with some dangerous idea, and right now the most dangerous thing to us are the differences between us Picture Quote #1

Yet now we are faced with the sickening suspicion that technology has run ahead of us Picture Quote #1

Let’s take care of mothers and infants first, and then let’s see what’s left over for everybody over 50. I’m over 50. If I get sick, I would rather have money spent on children before it’s spent on me Picture Quote #1

Criminal court is where bad people are on their best behavior. It’s much more dangerous for lawyers and judges in family court, where good people are at their worst Picture Quote #1

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As a society, we pick words that are offensive based on what we’re most afraid of. We associate sounds with some dangerous idea, and right now the most dangerous thing to us are the differences between us Picture Quote #1

I don’t think people should be able to swear whenever they want. I just don’t want the federal government making laws about swearing. We should trust people’s own instincts about what is appropriate in any given situation Picture Quote #1

I’m always working. I don’t really set limits. I tend to go in bursts. And in between, I’m doing my taxes, answering the phone, and all those kinds of things. I waste a lot of time. Computers take a lot of time. I love computers Picture Quote #1

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And it was back in the mid-1980s, and as I point out in a piece, that was when we are spending about eight percent of our gross domestic product on health care. And even then, we had the impression that so much of the excessive, aggressive medical treatment that took place at the end of life was not only unnecessary but it was cruel (Richard Dooling Quotes) Over and over again, financial experts and wonkish talking heads endeavor to explain these mysterious, ‘toxic’ financial instruments to us lay folk. Over and over, they ignobly fail, because we all know that no one understands credit default obligations and derivatives, except perhaps Mr. Buffett and the computers who created them (Richard Dooling Quotes) As the financial experts all over the world use machines to unwind Gordian knots of financial arrangements so complex that only machines can make - ‘derive’ - and trade them, we have to wonder: Are we living in a bad sci-fi movie? Is the Matrix made of credit default swaps? (Richard Dooling Quotes) I always wanted to be a writer... ‘Critical Care’ was my first published work. I was 34 when it came out. I was accumulating ‘Critical Care’ for years. I would go for a whole year and not touch it. And then I’d go back to it (Richard Dooling Quotes) I begin every novel with the vow that I will not write about technology, Catholicism, or Hell. As you know, I end up writing about all three. They just happen to be personal obsessions of mine (Richard Dooling Quotes) The most interesting character to me is someone who is stuck in the no man’s land between Belief and Unbelief, Faith and Faithlessness. I’m capitalizing like a German, but it doesn’t matter whether it’s faith in a person or in God, or belief in science or whatever, it’s the desperate in-between state that makes for interesting dramatic tension (Richard Dooling Quotes) I’m always working. I don’t really set limits. I tend to go in bursts. And in between, I’m doing my taxes, answering the phone, and all those kinds of things. I waste a lot of time. Computers take a lot of time. I love computers. (Richard Dooling Quotes) Criminal court is where bad people are on their best behavior. It’s much more dangerous for lawyers and judges in family court, where good people are at their worst. (Richard Dooling Quotes) As a society, we pick words that are offensive based on what we’re most afraid of. We associate sounds with some dangerous idea, and right now the most dangerous thing to us are the differences between us. (Richard Dooling Quotes) Yet now we are faced with the sickening suspicion that technology has run ahead of us (Richard Dooling Quotes) Let’s take care of mothers and infants first, and then let’s see what’s left over for everybody over 50. I’m over 50. If I get sick, I would rather have money spent on children before it’s spent on me (Richard Dooling Quotes) Criminal court is where bad people are on their best behavior. It’s much more dangerous for lawyers and judges in family court, where good people are at their worst (Richard Dooling Quotes) As a society, we pick words that are offensive based on what we’re most afraid of. We associate sounds with some dangerous idea, and right now the most dangerous thing to us are the differences between us (Richard Dooling Quotes) I don’t think people should be able to swear whenever they want. I just don’t want the federal government making laws about swearing. We should trust people’s own instincts about what is appropriate in any given situation (Richard Dooling Quotes) I’m always working. I don’t really set limits. I tend to go in bursts. And in between, I’m doing my taxes, answering the phone, and all those kinds of things. I waste a lot of time. Computers take a lot of time. I love computers (Richard Dooling Quotes)