Cardiac Arrest Quotes

• At a cardiac arrest, the first procedure is to take your own pulse

  Samuel Shem

  Pulse, Firsts, Procedures

  Samuel Shem (2010). “The House of God”, p.152, Penguin

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• I felt a strange fluttering sensation in my chest. Butterflies, cardiac arrest . . . it was hard to say what exactly.

  Richelle Mead

  Butterfly, Strange, Fluttering

  Richelle Mead (2013). “Vampire Academy: The Complete Collection”, p.1326, Penguin

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• We have a terrific economy, it's like a great athlete that's had a cardiac arrest.

  Howard Warren Buffett

  Athlete, Economy, Cardiac

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• The patient that's on the floor with the cardiac arrest is not Wall Street. It's the American economy.

  Warren Buffett

  Wall, Patient, Economy

  "Warren Buffett: I Haven't Seen As Much Economic Fear In My Adult Lifetime". Interview With Charlie Rose, www.cnbc.com. October 1, 2008.

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• If the doctors cure
  then the sun sees it.
  If the doctors kill
  then the earth hides it.
  The doctors should fear arrogance
  more than cardiac arrest.

  Anne Sexton

  Doctors, Arrogance, Earth

  Anne Sexton (1975). “The Awful Rowing Toward God”, Boston : Houghton Mifflin

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• The New World is rated PG-13 (Parents strongly cautioned). There is some intense, bloodless violence and the beautiful underage lead actress (15-year-old Q'orianka Kilcher) may cause cardiac arrest among some viewers.

  Manohla Dargis

  Beautiful, Years, Parent

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• She wore a short skirt and a tight sweater and her figure described a set of parabolas that could cause cardiac arrest in a yak.

  Woody Allen

  Maturity, Sweaters, Causes

  Woody Allen (2007). “The Insanity Defense: The Complete Prose”, Random House Incorporated

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• Ignore him," Heather begged. "I do. Constantly." Jean-Luc studied the coach, then turned to Heather with a wary look. "Every man in this town wants you." She laughed. "Yea, right. The old guys from the nursing home go into cardiac arrest whenever I walk by." His gaze drifted over her. "I can believe that.

  Kerrelyn Sparks

  Believe, Home, Nursing

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• Journalists become candidates for cardiac arrest when they see or hear an African American disagreeing with an African American. We would become inauthentic if we did not have disagreements with this president.

  John Conyers

  African American, President, Journalist

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