Patch Adams
Patch Adams
Hunter Doherty "Patch" Adamsis an American physician, comedian, social activist, clown, and author. He founded the Gesundheit! Institute in 1971. Each year he organizes a group of volunteers from around the world to travel to various countries where they dress as clowns in an effort to bring humor to orphans, patients, and other people...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth28 May 1945
CountryUnited States of America
men thinking compassion
We men should be ashamed of ourselves. I think 85 percent of men are dangerous to women. We need to change to a values system nested in compassion and generosity, and women have carried that torch throughout history.
thinking compassion government
I think my government are fascists. I feel that if we don't change from a society that worships money and power over to one that worships compassion and generosity, there is no hope for human survival this century.
thinking too-late revolution
Nothing I study makes me think we will survive this century. And yet why am I so happy? Because it's not too late. Just get off your ass and work for revolution.
dream running thinking
When a dream takes hold of you, what can you do? You can run with it, let it run your life, or let it go and think for the rest of your life about what might have been.
thinking society-today our-society
I'd say that I think the most revolutionary act that you can commit in our society today is to be happy.
thinking mind together
We need each other, deeper than anyone ever dares to admit even to themselves. I think it is a genetic imperative that we huddle together and hold on to each other. There is no question in my mind that there is nothing else in life, really, than friendship.
adult influence pain paradigm serious shouting
And yet the influence of the adult world--this is the pain paradigm shouting -- serious is what you want to be taken,
brilliant people rules
You have a brilliant mind, and like many brilliant people you don't necessarily think the rules apply,
love patients sue
We love our patients and our patients love us. You don't sue someone you love.
ball kicks money school
It's humiliating that a person who kicks a ball makes more money than a school teacher.
fabulous sweet tenderness
They want to have a fabulous listener, they want sweet tenderness and no sense that you are in a hurry,
camps clowning clowns elevator none subway taken war
I've taken clowns into the war in Bosnia, the refugee camps of Kosovo, and none of those are any more important than clowning in a subway or an elevator or just walking down the street.
america ball fame medium millions response school teacher
The medium of response in America is fame; that's how a person that bounces a ball can make millions of dollars, and a school teacher with no fame makes $35,000.
job
Everyone who goes to a job he doesn't like is a lot weirder than I am.