Leaders are visionaries with a poorly developed sense of fear and no concept of the odds against them.

This idea that clumsy, stumbling people are real bright is ridiculous, because intelligence is related to neurologic function, and really intelligent people are very well-coordinated.

I am, in fact, a medical doctor; I am a world expert in mechanical heart technology; and I am an athletically fit man who takes care of his own health through diet and exercise, including frequent five mile runs.

Lipitor is one of the most researched medicines. I'm glad I take Lipitor, as a doctor, and a dad.

I do not practice clinical medicine and hence do not treat individual patients. My career is in medical science.

As spokesman for Lipitor, I have been an advocate of preventive medicine in addition to my work with the Jarvik 2000 Heart, which has rescued people from death and sustained a patient with a normal, mobile lifestyle for seven and a half years - the longest in the world.

Leaders are visionaries with a poorly developed sense of fear and no concept of the odds against them.