We've established the most enormous medical entity ever conceived... and people are sicker than ever. We cure nothing! We heal nothing!
Interpretation
Despite advancements in medicine, people are becoming increasingly unwell.
Paddy Chayefsky's quote highlights a paradox in modern medicine, where the establishment of a vast medical infrastructure has not necessarily led to improved health outcomes. It suggests that while we may have the means to address illness, the focus might be misplaced, resulting in a society that is sicker despite the existence of sophisticated medical solutions.
In practice
In a speech addressing healthcare policy, one might say, 'As Paddy Chayefsky once remarked, despite our extensive medical efforts, the question remains: are we truly making people healthier?'
We no longer live in a world of nations and ideologies. The world is a college of corporations, inexorably determined by the immutable bylaws of business...There is no America. There is no democracy. There is only IBM, and ITT, and AT&T, and DuPont, Dow, Union Carbide, and Exxon. Those are the nations of the world today.
It's always the generals with the bloodiest records who are the first to shout what a hell it is. And it's always the war widows who lead the Memorial Day parades.
Television will do anything for a rating... anything!
Television is democracy at its ugliest.
To be without health insurance in this country means to be without access to medical care. But health is not a luxury, nor should it be the sole possession of a privileged few. We are all created b'tzelem elohim - in the image of God - and this makes each human life as precious as the next. By 'pricing out' a portion of this country's population from health care coverage, we mock the image of God and destroy the vessels of God's work.
Whether you're six or sixty, if you go on a diet and lifestyle program and feel constrained, you're likely to go off it sooner or later. Offering a spectrum of choices is much more effective; then, you feel free and empowered.
Quit smoking, and observe posted speed limits. This will improve your odds of getting old enough to be wise.
Each of the substances of a man's diet acts upon his body and changes it in some way and upon these changes his whole life depends.
Each patient carries his own doctor inside him.
I'm a realist and I always have been. Quality training is what I do now; before it was a combination of both quality and quantity. Now I'm not trying to be a world-class athlete, I don't need to train at that level. It's about being fit, fit for life.
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