“Patch Adams” quotes
(1998)
Tom Shadyac
directed this movie
in 1998
Title Patch Adams
Year 1998
Director Tom Shadyac
Genre Drama, Comedy, Biography
Year 1998
Director Tom Shadyac
Genre Drama, Comedy, Biography
Plot – In 1969, Hunter Patch Adams is admitted to Fairfax Psychiatric Hospital because of his unstable and unpredictable nature. When he feels he can no longer stay there, he decides to be released under his own responsibility. Two years later he attends the University of Virginia School of Medicine. Soon he is noticed for his outgoing and direct ways. Expelled by the dean of the faculty and readmitted by the president of the university, he launches the idea of creating a completely free "hospital of joy". The hospital is born and it immediately receives many patients including Larry, who will kill Carin, a friend of Patch's. Overcome with grief, Patch is about to leave everything, when he recovers his lost confidence. He returns to university and again he gets expelled for his behavior. This time he must face the judgment of the medical committee: he makes a passionate defense of his understanding of the medical profession and the commission acquits him. At last he receives his degree.
All actors – Robin Williams, Daniel London, Monica Potter, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bob Gunton, Josef Sommer, Irma P. Hall, Frances Lee McCain, Harve Presnell, Daniella Kuhn, Peter Coyote, James Greene, Michael Jeter, Harold Gould, Bruce Bohne, Harry Groener, Barry Shabaka Henley, Steven Anthony Jones, Richard Kiley, Douglas Roberts, Ellen Albertini Dow, Alan Tudyk, Ryan Hurst, Peter Siteri, Don West, Domenique Lozano, Ralph Peduto, Ken Hoffman, Roy Conrad, Jay Jacobus, Dot-Marie Jones, Geoff Fiorito, Samuel Sheng, Kathleen Stefano, Piers Mackenzie, Alex Gonzalez, Ismael 'East' Carlo, Jake Bowen, Cameron Brooke Stanley, Jamieson Downes, Jena Marie Thomas, Wesley G. Haines, Aaron Alexander, Amadeius Cheadle, David Cooper, Peter Idiart, Tim Johnson, Kate Keith, Alberto Rocha, Domonique Tate, Joseph Trefry, Richard Silberg, William Joseph Scharff, James Anthony Cotton, Michael X. Sommers, Howard Allison Williams, David Fine, James Carraway, J. Stephen Coyle, Wanda McCaddon, Wanda Christine, Lorri Holt, Stephanie Smith, Mary DeLorenzo, Vivis Colombetti, Donna Kimball, Norman Alden, Lydell M. Cheshier, Diane Amos, Sonya Eddy, Kelvin Han Yee, Doreen Foo Croft, Bill Roberson, Randy Oglesby, Vilma Vitanva, Bonnie Johnson, Helen Tourtillott, Christine Pineda, Karen Ann Pavlick, James Allen, Katherine Fitzhugh, Kyle Timothy Smith, Jonathan Holder, Renee Rogers, Shannon Orrock, Don Rizzo, George Lee, Dan Hannafin, Roger W. Durrett, Richard C. Adkins, Ralph David Westfall, Bob Feaster, Thom McIntyre, Alfred Salley, Michael Stanton Kennedy, , David Acuff, Andy Arness, David Babich, Jason Aaron Baca, Rick Camp, Mike Casey, Alan Coppola, Patricia M. Fairchild, Jessica Hilbrect, Mylo Ironbear, Alexander Kanellakos, Jim Krist, Brianna Meighan, Katherine Mitchell, Tom P. Murphy, Kevie Penny, Steve C. Porter, Jeff Rankin, Brian T. Rice, Jonathan Schancupp, Hester Schell, Greg Sestero, Greg Taylor, Erick Vinther, James Marshall Wolchok
show all“Patch Adams” Quotes 17 quotes
“What's wrong with death sir? What are we so mortally afraid of? Why can't we treat death with a certain amount of humanity and dignity, and decency, and God forbid, maybe even humor.”
“- Patch Adams: Hi. Patch Adams.
- Mitch: Mitch Roman. Georgetown University. I was awarded the William F. Thompson Scientific Achievement Award.
- Patch Adams: Mmm. Emerson Elementary. I once drew a picture of a rabbit that got me two gold stars.”“Our job is improving the quality of life, not just delaying death.”
“I wanted to become a doctor so I could serve others. And because of that, I've lost everything. But I've also gained everything.”
“See what no one else sees. See what everyone chooses not to see... out of fear, conformity or laziness. See the whole world anew each day!”
“What could they want? Your nuts?”
“Tell me what you're doing. Okay, let's look at the logic. You create man. Man suffers enormous amounts of pain. Man dies. Maybe You should have had just a few more brainstorming sessions prior to creation. You rested on the seventh day. Maybe You should've spent that day on compassion.”
“You treat a disease, you win, you lose. You treat a person, I guarantee you, you'll win, no matter what the outcome.”
“When I was a girl I would look out my bedroom window at the caterpillars; I envied them so much. No matter what they were before, no matter what happened to them, they could just hide away and turn into these beautiful creatures that could fly away completely untouched.”
“Home. The dictionary defines it as both a place of origin and a goal or destination.”
“- Mitch: I don't like you!
- Patch Adams: Why don't you like me? You're a prick and I like you.”
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