Quotes from Raúl Ruiz

De la existencia de Casiano, descubridor teológico del octavo pecado capital, la tristitia , o aburrimiento, me enteré tardíamente gracias a Giorgio Agamben, autor de Stanze . Tuve más tarde el tiempo de leerlo y de descubrir una nueva manera de aburrirme.

Mi decisión es una máscara y, tras ella, reina el desorden, el apeiron .

Nudity is an art. Besides, art is only nudity... There's no more art, only too much civilization. Art is barbarious... Art is loneliness... Nothingness is perfect nudity.

He warmed to his own wounds as others warm themselves beside a fire

I'm a physician first and foremost. I will always be a physician.

The measurement of good policy is the well-being of the community. I saw the human faces of failed policies, and they weren't smiling.

It's wrong that members of Congress can purchase luxury airfare with taxpayer money when many families in my district and across the county are struggling to make ends meet.

I'm a doctor; we work in teams. I'm very committed to problem solving.

When I graduated, I was told I was the first Latino to have three graduate degrees from Harvard. And Harvard does something amazing to you. It opens the doors to the world.

Republicans have come up to me to say, 'Hey listen. My knee hurts. What do you think I should do?' I'll give them my recommendations.

I'm not against speaking publicly and having passion for something. One of the cardinal beauties of America is that we have the freedom to do so.

I think the personal satisfaction of doing good in the community and increasing value and holding true to the Hippocratic oath and being able to provide services to those that are in need is very strong moral reason to provide services for the underserved.

If our men and women in uniform are restricted from buying first-class airfare, the same should apply to Congress.

I'm an ER doctor, period. I look at a problem with a certain lens: very action-oriented, very results-oriented.