But I decided I wanted more education and I had to make a choice between starting law school, which was interesting to me, and going for a graduate degree in engineering.

I think I finally chose the graduate degree in engineering primarily because it only took one year and law school took three years, and I felt the pressure of being a little behind - although I was just 22.

I did graduate with a bachelor's degree in civil engineering in 1948.

I debated between law school and divinity.

[The Socratic method was more a part of Mr. Shore's law-school training than might exist in medical education.] It's certainly a very effective tool to tear people apart, to rip them down, to build them up, ... That's what House is all about.

I went to law school. I found it interesting for the first three weeks.