Quote by Nellie Bly
How can a doctor judge a womans sanity by merely bidding her good

How can a doctor judge a womans sanity by merely bidding her good morning and refusing to hear her pleas for release? Even the sick ones know it is useless to say anything, for the answer will be that it is their imagination. – Nellie Bly

Other quotes by Nellie Bly

In our short walks we passed the kitchen where food was prepared for the nurses and doctors. There we got glimpses of melons and grapes and all kinds of fruits, beautiful white bread and nice meats, and the hungry feeling would be increased tenfold. – Nellie Bly

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It is only after one is in trouble that one realizes how little sympathy and kindness there are in the world. – Nellie Bly

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Sympathy
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Aptitude found in the understanding and is often inherited. Genius coming from reason and imagination, rarely. – Marcus Aurelius

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I never did very well in math – I could never seem to persuade the teacher that I hadnt meant my answers literally. – Calvin Trillin

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But who can paint like Nature? Can imagination boast, amid its gay creation, hues like hers? – James Thomson

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Toy Soldiers was my introduction to film. I certainly didnt think I was doing art by any stretch of the imagination. – Tim Robbins

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