I'd make a terrible surgeon. The fear of blood? Very high on my list.

Advance and never halt for advancing is perfection. Advance and do not fear the thorns in the path for they draw only corrupt blood.

For my own family I would always choose the makeshift surrogate family formed by various characters unrelated by blood.

I have often noticed that ancestors never boast of the descendants who boast of ancestors. I would rather start a family than finish one. Blood will tell but often it tells too much.

My parents were French and Irish and our family even has Spanish blood-and I do so love the United States and consider myself part American.

Friendship is held to be the severest test of character. It is easy we think to be loyal to a family and clan whose blood is in your own veins.

Blood relatives often have nothing to do with family and similarly family is about who you choose to make your life with.

The bond that links your true family is not one of blood but of respect and joy in each other's life.

It is something that is called MDS. It is a rare blood disorder that affects the bone marrow. I'm going to beat this. My doctors say it and my faith says it.

The mind controls so much of the body. We are much more than flesh and blood we are complex systems. Patients do better when they have faith that they're going to do better. That's why I always tell my patients and their families not to neglect their prayers. There's nobody I don't say that to.