When one hears hoofbeats, medical students are taught, one must think of horses, not zebras. But the doctor who sees my blood count will surely think of horses. He will arrive at a perfectly logical conclusion. It will no occur to him that, this time, it is truly a zebra galloping by.


Tess Gerritsen

  Email Quote to Friends   Link to Quote   Create Short URL  Publish Text About This Quote   Share on Facebook, Twitter, and more
  See Recommended Quotes For You

Related

When you hear hoofbeats in Central Park, think horses, not zebras.
J. C. PETERS
the horses are still galloping and galloping more vigorously.
ZENG QINGHONG
We will survive this, my sons. We will survive until you are men, and when Eeluk is old, he will won...
CONN IGGULDEN
He did not arrive at this conclusion by the decent process of quiet, logical deduction, nor yet by t...
MARGERY ALLINGHAM
I believe we are well prepared for this competition. We are excited that we will get to take some of...
BOO DUNCAN
I think that when the patient goes to the doctor, he or she will know what kinds of rights are there...
DAVID LAWRENCE
The difference between playing the stock market and the horses is that one of the horses must win.
JOEY ADAMS
[Babbington] "What did [the Doctor, Stephen] do to you, sir?"

[Captain Aubrey] "Well, I a...
PATRICK O'BRIAN
It may well be that by trickery of priests men have sometimes taken a mortal's voice for a god's. Bu...
C.S. LEWIS
Not only are they magnificent creatures, but sea horses also represent a conversion of the world's m...
AMANDA VINCENT
Keep in mind, Eragon, that no one thinks himself a villain, and few make decisions they think are wr...
CHRISTOPHER PAOLINI
Father, my heart, my heart; my dead heart, quicken it; my hard heart, soften it in Christ’s blood....
THOMAS WATSON
To change yourself you have to move from where you are and take a step, then you have to be willing ...
BRENT M. JONES
One day, this Establishment will fall. It will not do so on its own terms or of its own accord, but ...
OWEN JONES
Now I must arrive at the time of my change from scientific rationality of thinking into the delusion...
JOHN NASH
When I wonder what the future of books will be, I often think about horses. Before automobiles exist...
SUSAN ORLEAN
35. God is entitled to a portion of our income—not because He needs it but because we need to give...
JAMES C. DOBSON
To arrive at a just estimate of a renowned man's character one must judge it by the standards of his...
MARK TWAIN
By the way, to this day no one knows what happened to the two horses that ran from the fight. There'...
ALLEN BARRA
I have no doubt that he will be able to perform physically at a very high level. At this time, I hav...
DAVID GREER
Both of my horses will run on Thursday.
FRANCOIS DOUMEN
He?s one of those people who, if he offers to do it, it will be done early and it will be done perfe...
KAREN SMITH
Those who stay away from the election think that one vote will do no good: 'Tis but one step more to...
RALPH WALDO EMERSON
They were just walking early, and theres just not many horses that can outkick this one the last qua...
GARY STEVENS
Medical Expenses are lesser known as medical losses that people have to swallow with the pills. Ther...
APURVA GAGLANI
But the reason I call myself by my childhood name is to remind myself that a scientist must also be ...
DOUGLAS ADAMS
It is a lie.
ARTHUR MILLER
One must have common sense, nothing is permanent, nothing endures. I have come to the conclusion tha...
AGATHA CHRISTIE
Those who get in the way of love's path will be kicked by horses.
~Kyoya
BISCO HATORI
I think about my dwindling anonymity, and that's really scary because a very large part of me wo...
DAKOTA JOHNSON
It's a foregone conclusion there's one carrier too many, ... But even with this, I don't think it's ...
ALEX BRAND
Only one thing is quite certain: he too has his time and not more than his time. One day others will...
KARL BARTH
He remained one of the top leaders through the entire process. This is no default stance; it's not a...
RUTH JOHNSON
If you think you can't make time to invest into your life at once now, you will be compelled to make...
ISRAELMORE AYIVOR
Every one is a genius, more or less. No one is so physically sound that no part of him will be even ...
SAMUEL BUTLER
He's not one to go into the barn and spend hours with the horses - he enjoys the buying of the horse...
DAN HENDRICKS
You can ride a herd of horses off a cliff but a herd of asses will say 'I don't think so' and stop i...
DIANNE SMITH
Seven principles for eradicating selfish ambition in the fellowship: 2. the ministry of meekness ...
DIETRICH BONHOEFFER
Nowadays when a person lives somewhere, in a neighborhood, the place is not certified for him. More ...
WALKER PERCY
He stood in rain and the storm, watching a demon with his face standing and laughing at him on a cha...
AKSHAY VASU
...it must be hard when you are a beautiful woman and no one will look at your soul...
JOHN GEDDES
But even when I stop crying, even when we fall asleep and I'm nestled in his arms, this will leave a...
AMANDA GRACE
I think the military's conclusion is premature and it unfortunately will send the message that they ...
IBRAHIM HOOPER
When one is writing a letter, he should think that the recipient will make it into a hanging scroll.
TSUNETOMO YAMAMOTO
We need people to come to us, ... This will be one-stop shopping for resources where people can tap ...
GARY FISH
Will power makes one to remain committed & inculcates virtue of never to give up.Will power is acqui...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA
Next week we will be millionaires (Only Fools and Horses)

DAVID JASON
The Third Tale
There was once an invisible man who had grown tired of being unseen. It was not ...
PATRICK NESS
Life's irony;The medical practitioner can never say the law profession is invalid,because by the tim...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN)
When one buys some of my artwork I hope it is because they will wish to learn from it and not becaus...
CHRISTIAN CARDELL CORBET
He is not truly patient who will only suffer as far as seems right to him and from whom he pleases. ...
THOMAS à KEMPIS
I think it's really good. When you only have one, then all the buyers seem to go to that one horse. ...
DEAN DE RENZO
A man who does not think for himself does not think at all. It is grossly selfish to require of one'...
OSCAR WILDE
I think Michael Caine is a perfectly good actor but it's obvious he's not going to be in one...
MIKE LEIGH
Pleasure is a necessary reciprocal. No one feels, who does not at the same time give it. To be pleas...
LORD CHESTERFIELD
Pleasure is a necessary reciprocal. No one feels, who does not at the same time give it. To be plea...
LORD CHESTERFIELD
Pleasure is a necessary reciprocal. No one feels, who does not at the same time give it. To be pleas...
PHILIP STANHOPE, 4TH EARL OF CHESTERFIELD
All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one by a simple act of will...
W. H. AUDEN
All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one by a simple act of will...
W. H. AUDEN
He stares blankly, then leaves the room like a ghost—never truly here. I gaze at the doorway. I do...
KATE ROOPER
Do we have plans to expand it today? No. Will we in the future if it does well? Of course we will. T...
BOB SINCLAIR
At man's core there is a voice that wants him never to give in to fear. But if it is true that in ge...
GEORGES BATAILLE
One reason why birds and horses are not unhappy is because they are not trying to impress other bird...
DALE CARNEGIE
No one makes it to the "top" by themselves. Each step you take is guided by at least one person's bl...
CARLOS WALLACE
When one buys some of my artwork I hope it is because they will wish to learn from it and not becaus...
CHRISTIAN CARDELL CORBET
I'm not saying that I'm better than anyone... I'm just saying that I'm one-of-a-kind.
C LIONG
From Plato: the man who has an elevated mind and takes a view of all time and of all substance, dost...
MARCUS AURELIUS
And yet I love him. I love him so much and so dearly, that when I sometimes think my life may be but...
CHARLES DICKENS
One time they traded me for seven horses. Seven stunt horses.
JAMES STEWART
One may discover a new side to his most intimate friend when for the first time he hears him speak i...
HENRY DAVID THOREAU
One may discover a new side to his most intimate friend when for the first time he hears him speak...
HENRY DAVID THOREAU
No one will ever know what 'In Cold Blood' took out of me. It scraped me right down to the marrow of...
TRUMAN CAPOTE
When will money not come to one? It is when he speaks ill of others and scandalizes. Money will come...
DADA BHAGWAN
There must be no majority decisions, but only responsible persons, and the word 'council' must be re...
ADOLF HITLER
Man can will nothing unless he has first understood that he must count on no one but himself; that h...
JEAN-PAUL SARTRE
There will be people who surely are going to be upset by that description. But it's factual and we w...
JUDIT MOLNAR
It is a foregone conclusion that there is no threat of inflation ... the question is not when the Fe...
PHILIP BRAVERMAN
He's never far from my mind at any time, but when I'm here especially. It was nice to win here today...
DARIO FRANCHITTI
I think we've made a bold choice in terms of how to answer that question. Some people will not like ...
CARLTON CUSE
There is no question that he is one of the most dynamic performers we've had. We will give him as mu...
LARRY GROCE
I'm a scientist and I know what constitutes proof. But the reason I call myself by my childhood name...
DOUGLAS ADAMS
We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must n...
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
I don't think there is one member of this council -- not one -- who would be influenced by a meal. I...
KATHY VOGT
Is not the gospel its own sign and wonder? Is not this a miracle of miracles, that 'God so loved the...
CHARLES HADDON SPURGEON
Time and Nemesis will do that which I would not, were it in my power remote or immediate. You will s...
GEORGE GORDON BYRON
I had been riding horses before my memory kicked in, so my life with horses had no beginning. It sim...
MONTY ROBERTS
It was a groundbreaking trend on my part. I think this will give people a sense of hope, especially ...
BARRY PURVIS
There will be a lot of demand for this. I think there will be a lot of people who will go out on day...
ANDY BURNHAM
No one has ever done this before. We think it will be a huge market and we think it will help drive ...
LARRY ELLISON
No one else can want for me. No one can substitute his act of will for mine. It does sometimes happe...
JOHN PAUL II
This war burns our houses. It sows dead executed in open squares and roads. It chases us like hares ...
CESARE PAVESE
accepts we are at a defining moment, that the time when the republicans could ride the two horses is...
DAVID TRIMBLE
It will never be worn by Peter but it will be a symbol that his country never forgot him as one of u...
RANDY MYLYK
But even when I stop crying, even when we fall asleep and I'm nestled in his arms, this will leave a...
AMANDA GRACE
We'll have one joint board meeting so everybody hears the report at the same time. It will be a kick...
RODGER HANNEL
If a man is crossing a river and an empty boat collides with his own skiff, even though he be a bad-...
OSHO
The Christian is in a different position from other people who are trying to be good. They hope, by ...
C.S. LEWIS
I do not know why there is this difference, but I am sure that God keeps no one waiting unless He se...
C.S. LEWIS
We will not just say, "I love him very much," but instead, "I will do something so that he will suff...
THICH NHAT HANH
I was very disappointed that he got beat the first time, but it was a 4 ½-furlong race and once he ...
ELLIOTT WALDEN

More Tess Gerritsen

No matter how much you try to maintain order in your life, no matter how careful you are to guard ag...
TESS GERRITSEN
Alzheimer's is literally killing us, and the only way to fight this 'crime' is through a...
TESS GERRITSEN
My mother is an immigrant from China, and she filled my head with stories about ghosts and fighting ...
TESS GERRITSEN
'I am a bad mother.' Every Christmas, this is what I think because the holiday season fills ...
TESS GERRITSEN
In China, the dead are not forgotten - my relatives cheerfully pointed out all the niches of decease...
TESS GERRITSEN
Only with maturity did I come to appreciate my own Chinese roots: not just the food and the ancient ...
TESS GERRITSEN
Only the forgotten are truly dead.
TESS GERRITSEN
My brother often complains to me about the 'angry Asian male' in the United States. As a fem...
TESS GERRITSEN
I have minor characters who are Asian-American, and I've been using them throughout my career, b...
TESS GERRITSEN
I'm Asian-American, and I was the only Chinese girl growing up in a white school in San Diego. S...
TESS GERRITSEN
I have hidden my race for 22 books. I have hidden behind my married name, which is very Caucasian, b...
TESS GERRITSEN
The dead do not hurt you; only the living do.
TESS GERRITSEN
The hardest part of writing is the first draft, and the closer you get to your deadline, the messier...
TESS GERRITSEN
Throughout most of my life, I've tried to downplay my Chinese heritage because I wanted so much ...
TESS GERRITSEN
The hunting of monsters is not for the faint of heart. Nor is it for those who feel bound by such tr...
TESS GERRITSEN
Fans are always asking me where I get my ideas from. The answer is that I'm very curious, and I ...
TESS GERRITSEN
I think fiction, for me, is a way of trying to understand why people do the things they do - and try...
TESS GERRITSEN
I sold my first short story while I was home on maternity leave, then began working on novels. Since...
TESS GERRITSEN
I met my husband, Jacob, in medical school. We married and went to live in Hawaii where his family l...
TESS GERRITSEN
My brother and I spent our childhood in movie theaters screaming. I decided early on that that was t...
TESS GERRITSEN
Ha! Kids! You have no idea what you put your parents through, either. Wait till you have your own, y...
TESS GERRITSEN
With every year that I grow older, I also draw closer to (my loved ones) to the day when we will onc...
TESS GERRITSEN
The Christmas tree, twinkling with lights, had a mountain of gifts piled up beneath it, like offerin...
TESS GERRITSEN
In 'Last to Die,' three children living in different cities are the only survivors when thei...
TESS GERRITSEN
There is no better test of character than when you're tossed into crisis. That's when we see...
TESS GERRITSEN
I spent my childhood watching every scary movie that Hollywood ever made. And I think that gave me t...
TESS GERRITSEN
I know there’s evil in the world, and there always has been. But you don’t need to believe in Sa...
TESS GERRITSEN
Catgut is a type of surgical thread made from the intestines of cows or sheep.” “So why do they ...
TESS GERRITSEN
She now knew her death was inevitable, and with that acceptance came liberation. The courage of the ...
TESS GERRITSEN
Isles love life is stalled right now, ... But I think the priest is coming back.
TESS GERRITSEN
It was a huge surprise when (national team coach Jenny Lang Ping) asked me to come and train. I wasn...
TESS ROGERS
All your life you're yellow. Then one day you brush up against something blue, the barest touch, and...
TESS CALLAHAN
She was in love with you,” he says. “And I don’t think she got to tell you, did she?”
<...
TESS SHARPE
I fell back into my favorite chair and tucked my hands between my knees to stop them from shaking. I...
TESS OLIVER
Nathaniel Strider could never love. He's obviously discovered early on that girls' hearts were vulne...
TESS OLIVER
I don't know how it happened. Through the din of the crowd, I heard this tiny scream. As small and d...
TESS OLIVER
My mind argued with itself about whether to adhere to proper etiquette or whether to fling aside all...
TESS OLIVER
He looked down at my fingers wrapped around his coat then lifted his eyes to mine. 'My tiny huntress...
TESS OLIVER
Hell won't be so bad, you know. After all, I'll be there to keep you company.
TESS OLIVER
Sometimes we have to meet people where they are, Ollie. Honor their desires, regardless of out own.
TESS HILMO
It was Mina this whole time, wasn’t it?"

I give him the only thing I can: the cold, ha...
TESS SHARPE
She had a robust sense of humor and the most infectious laugh.
TESS DESHLER