I’m as patient a father as I am on the tennis court. It takes a lot for me to get really upset, but sometimes kids can get you really cross if they really keep bugging you.
The root of disaster means a star coming apart, and no image expresses better the look in a patient’s eyes when hearing a neurosurgeon’s diagnosis.
It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace.
A director must be patient and unflappable. I think I was always pretty relaxed. I don’t find shooting as traumatic as some directors do. Some hate it. But you also have to be strong-willed and persistent enough to get what you want.
Doctors say there’s no such thing as chemo brain, but ask any chemo patient.
If you explain to a patient what can be done and what might be the downsides, let the patient choose; don’t have ethicists, priests, or doctors say you may or may not have replacement cells.
I realized that with African American people, where we’ve been blocked from being all that God meant for us to be, I don’t have time to be patient.
