Francisco Cepeda

“John D. Rockefeller—realizing he could use by-products from his oil production to create pharmaceuticals—heavily funded medical schools throughout the United States to teach a curriculum based on the intervention-first Halsted model. An employee of Rockefeller’s was tasked to create the Flexner Report, which outlined a vision for medical education that prioritized interventions and stigmatized nutritional, traditional, and holistic remedies.”
― Casey Means, Good Energy: The Surprising Connection Between Metabolism and Limitless Health

“everybody in Washington knows, Vice President Van Buren never disagrees with Andrew Jackson. Thus, a new word is formed that becomes synonymous with agreement. Among Martin Van Buren’s many nicknames is “Old Kinderhook,” in reference to his town of birth. This is often shortened to OK. Coincidentally, Andrew Jackson prints this abbreviation on official documents. When he wants to approve something as all correct, he simply writes OK.”
― Bill O'Reilly, Confronting the Presidents: No Spin Assessments from Washington to Biden

“Insecure leaders surround themselves with “yes people.” Effective leaders surround themselves with people who challenge them. They also find and hire people who are much smarter”
― Patrick Bet-David, Your Next Five Moves: Master the Art of Business Strategy

“One of the most cited doctors in medical school classes is Dr. William Stewart Halsted, a Johns Hopkins founding physician in the early 1900s who created the concept of residency. To Halsted, medical education was “a superhuman initiation into a superhuman profession that emphasized heroism, self-denial, diligence, and tirelessness.”
― Casey Means, Good Energy: The Surprising Connection Between Metabolism and Limitless Health