Operation Quotes

“I didn't expect to recover from my second operation but since I did, I consider that I'm living on borrowed time. Every day that dawns is a gift to me and I take it in that way. I accept it gratefully without looking beyond it. I completely forget my physical suffering and all the unpleasantness of my present condition and I think only of the joy of seeing the sun rise once more and of being able to work a little bit, even under difficult conditions.”
― Henri Matisse

“Since I came to the White House, I've gotten two hearing aids, had a colon operation, a prostate operation, skin cancer, and I've been shot...damn thing is, I've never felt better.”
― Ronald Reagan, Speaking My Mind: Selected Speeches

“Oh, look, the lights are so pretty,” I said dreamily, having just noticed
them.
I smiled at the way the lights were dancing overhead, pink and yellow and
blue. I felt some pressure on my arm and thought, I should look over and see
what’s going on, but then the thought was gone, sliding away like Jell-O off a
hot car hood.
“Fang?”
“Yeah. I’m here.”
I struggled to focus on him. “I’m so glad you’re here.”
“Yeah, I got that.”
“I don’t know what I’d do without you.” I peered up at him, trying to see
past the too-bright lights.
“You’d be fine,” he muttered.
“No,” I said, suddenly struck by how unfine I would be. “I would be totally
unfine. Totally.” It seemed very urgent that he understand this.
Again I felt some tugging on my arm, and I really wondered what that was
about. Was Ella’s mom going to start this procedure any time soon?
“It’s okay. Just relax.” He sounded stiff and nervous. “Just...relax. Don’t
try to talk.”
“I don’t want my chip anymore,” I explained groggily, then frowned.
“Actually, I never wanted that chip.”
“Okay,” said Fang. “We’re taking it out.”
“I just want you to hold my hand.”
“I am holding your hand.”
“Oh. I knew that.” I drifted off for a few minutes, barely aware of
anything, but feeling Fang’s hand still in mine.
“Do you have a La-Z-Boy somewhere?” I roused myself to ask, every word an
effort.
“Um, no,” said Ella’s voice, somewhere behind my head.
“I think I would like a La-Z-Boy,” I mused, letting my eyes drift shut
again. “Fang, don’t go anywhere.”
“I won’t. I’m here.”
“Okay. I need you here. Don’t leave me.”
“I won’t.”
“Fang, Fang, Fang,” I murmured, overwhelmed with emotion. “I love you. I
love you sooo much.” I tried to hold out my arms to show how much, but I
couldn’t move them.
“Oh, jeez,” Fang said, sounding strangled.”
― James Patterson, Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports

“When you were making excuses someone else was making enterprise.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

“Do I shock you? We are very playful here. It's a good tone for an operating theater. It is a theater, after all.”
― David Cronenberg, Consumed

“Every problem of medicine is a problem of language, and this operation was a malapropism.”
― William S. Wilson, Why I Don't Write Like Franz Kafka

“Sanjay Kanaka Ramachandra, 'The Satellite', baada ya kutoka Korea ya Kaskazini na Salina Cruz kwa ajili ya kozi maalumu ya ugaidi na kwa ajili ya Kiapo cha Swastika kwa mpangilio huo, alirudi Mumbai kusimamia shughuli za Kolonia Santita za bara la Asia na Australia – kwa uaminifu wa Sheria ya Kitalifa ya Kolonia Santita. Ramachandra, anayeitwa 'The Satellite' kwa sababu ya jina lake la mwisho, alipewa pia jukumu la kuyachunga Makao Makuu ya Kanda ya Asia-Australia ya Tume ya Dunia; na kupeleka taarifa yoyote ya kijasusi (inayohusiana na WODEC-Rangoon) Mexico City kwa ajili ya maamuzi ya Mkurugenzi wa Usalama wa Kolonia Santita Gortari Manuel. Mojawapo ya operesheni kubwa alizowahi kuzifanya Ramachandra kwa niaba ya Kolonia Santita ni kuingiza nchini India mzigo wa tani 350 za majani ya koka, ijapokuwa tani 37 zilikamatwa na mamlaka za kuzuia madawa ya kulevya za India na za Tume ya Dunia, na kusambaza kilo 560 za kokeini safi (isiyokuwa na doa) katika nchi zote za Asia na Australia ndani ya siku 14.”
― Enock Maregesi

“terrorism is adamant. Fight against requires endurance, specific Counter-terrorism, Intelligence and swift operation”
― Michael Harris

“Nature has but one plan of operation, invariably the same in the smallest things as well as in the largest, and so often do we see the smallest masses selected for use in Nature, that even enormous ones are built up solely by fitting these together. Indeed, all Nature's efforts are devoted to uniting the smallest parts of our bodies in such a way that all things whatsoever, however diverse they may be, which coalesce in the structure of living things construct the parts by means of a sort of compendium.”
― Marcello Malpighi

“Kofia za chuma au sandarusi zenye uwezo wa kukwepesha risasi za wadunguzi na kuzuia mpaka risasi tatu za AK-47, ijapokuwa zimetengenezwa kuzuia risasi moja tu, ni miongoni mwa vitu 17 vilivyobebwa na makomandoo wa Tume ya Dunia; wakati wakitekeleza Operesheni ya Kifo au Ushindi Kamili (operesheni ndogo ya Operation Devil Cross ya Tume ya Dunia) katika Msitu wa Benson Bennett, Salina Cruz, Oaxaca, nchini Meksiko. Thamani ya vitu vya komandoo mmoja wa EAC ('Executive Action Corps') akiwa vitani ni zaidi ya dola za Kimarekani 65,000; ikiwa ni pamoja na magwanda ya jeshi ('Ghillie Suits'), kofia za chuma, miwani ya kuonea usiku (yenye uwezo wa kubinuka chini na juu), redio na mitambo ya mawasiliano migongoni mwao juu ya vizibao vya kuzuia risasi, vitibegi vya msalaba mwekundu ('Blowout kits' – katika mapaja ya miguu yao ya kulia, ndani yake kukiwa na pisto na madawa ya huduma ya kwanza), vitibegi vya kujiokolea ('Evasion Kits' – katika mapaja ya miguu yao ya kushoto, ndani yake kukiwa na visu na pesa na ramani ya Meksiko) na bunduki za masafa marefu.”
― Enock Maregesi

“There's nothing as useful as the truth, in terms of ruining anyone's day, week, month, year, decade, or life… Unless, of course, you own a remotely operated automatic flamethrower-drone-tower and have some marinated pork-chops on your person, to lure unsuspecting dogs in close proximity to it, but since dogs don’t really have lives - by using this specific method of torture, you can only improve the remaining few seconds of their existence.”
― Will Advise, Nothing is here...

“The letter is susceptible of operations which enables one to transform literal expressions and thus to paraphrase any statement into a number of equivalent forms. It is this power of transformation that lifts algebra above the level of a convenient shorthand.”
― Tobias Dantzig, Number: The Language of Science

“There is only so much abuse a worker will take before they decide to shut your biologically toxic operation down with legal science.”
― Steven Magee

“I find fraudsters harassing me to be a motivating factor in shutting down their biologically toxic operations with science.”
― Steven Magee

“I will be avoiding the Boeing 737 Max for at least two years after it resumes operation.”
― Steven Magee

“Better half done work that is perfect than completed task that is imperfect.”
― Dr. Lucas D. Shallua

“Next time we look up, through our periphery, the undescribable vastness of the skies, be thankful, how big, and strong, are our hearts.

Operation Cosmos.”
― Monaristw

“Next time we look up, through the periphery of our eyes, seeing the undescribable vastness of the skies, be thankful, how big, strong, and far-reaching, our warm hearts.

Operation Cosmos.”
― Monaristw

“Support and facilitate collaboration among teams. This reflects how well teams, which have traditionally been siloed, interact in development, operations, and information security.”
― Nicole Forsgren, Accelerate: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations

“The first involves streamlining operations and introducing cost innovations from manufacturing to distribution.”
― W. Chan Kim, Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make the Competition Irrelevant

“I wasn't to blame for my granddads death and that I could have a strong independent life. I was on my way to the hospital for my dental operation and was convinced I'd die”
― Tracie Daily, Mentality - A book for men

“Monkstown Hospital by Stewart Stafford

My first time away from Mam,
Tonsillectomy at six years old,
Teddy bear fights Action Man,
Pinball Pocketeer for company.

Silver torch lights the dark hours,
A miniscule pack of playing cards,
A made-up game played undercover,
My best guess of what picture follows.

An older man awaits surgery too,
Seeing that I'm alone and scared,
He draws pictures to amuse me or,
We watch "funnies" in the TV room.

Waking from the operation in the bed,
Congealed blood covers my pyjamas,
My mother makes her shock known,
We go home for my First Communion.

© Stewart Stafford, 2022. All rights reserved.”
― Stewart Stafford

“A cell phone company transmitter is just like mounting a microwave oven up on a pole with its protective door removed. Would you willfully stand next to a microwave oven in operation with no door on it?”
― Steven Magee

“The summit of Mauna Kea in Hawaii is in operation as an oxygen bar with many workers using it.”
― Steven Magee

“Mit göttlicher Liebe genesen
...
"Mit ganzer Seele überlasse ich mich dem göttlichen Willen. Ich weiß, dass ... (hier tragen Sie ein, um was es geht und was am Ende herauskommen soll, etwa: 'Ich weiß, dass meine Schwester heute an der Schulter operiert wird und ich möchte gern, dass ihre Schulter am Ende ganz geheilt ist und wieder richtig funktioniert und nicht schmerzt.') Ich bitte darum, dass sich alle Ängste und Probleme durch göttliche Liebe auflösen, ganz nach dem Willen des Schöpfers." Dabei Sitze ich, ohne die Beine übereinanderzuschlagen, die Handflächen nach oben in die empfangende Position gerichtet. Dann atme ich einmal tief ein, halte den Atem an, konzentriere mich auf den Thymus (genau unter dem Brustbein) und bitte darum, ein Kanal der göttlichen Liebe zu sein.”
― Christiane Northrup, Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom: Creating Physical and Emotional Health and Healing

“Watching her operate without motion mimicry was always impressive, hands stone still as a minuscule blade floated above the open heart.”
― Frances Wren, Earthflown