No More Tears: Quotes

'When I started speaking for companies in the late 1980s and early '90s, I was allowed to say what I thought I should say consistent with the science. Then it got to the point where I was no longer allowed to do that. I was given slides and told, 'We'll give you a thousand dollars if you say this for a half hour.' And I said: 'I can't say that. It isn't true.' They made it all up. It was never true.'

• Dr. Stefan Kruszewski (Harvard-educated psychiatrist and former J&J speaker)

Section: 4, Chapter: 16

'Every drug has risks. That phrase was repeated countless times in my interviews with those involved in J&J's myriad drug disasters. This is an undeniable fact, known by everyone who works in healthcare. The real danger, though, comes when profit is the corresponding benefit.'

• Gardiner Harris

Section: 4, Chapter: 18

'No matter what obstacle you face, you are going to find a way to get over it, through it, around it, under it.'

• Alex Gorsky (describing lesson learned at Army Ranger School)

Section: 5, Chapter: 20