"Peeping toms are condemned; but peeping surgeons are hailed."

"There cannot be anything more folly than to label laparoscopy as “minimally invasive."

"Invasiveness of a surgical procedure is determined not by the length of the skin incision but by the stress response …"

"If a plastic surgeon can inflict an acceptable scar in the face, cannot a pediatric surgeon replicate it in the abdomen?"

"Many laparoscopists subconsciously use the term 'painless' to mean 'less painful'."

"Cosmesis and cost are not the end points of any abdominal surgery."

"It is surprising to learn as to how laparoscopists have sustained their claims despite the lack of high-quality evide…"

"Faddists have made laparoscopy fashionable."

"If you enjoy watching birds, you stand in good company. There are, in the estimate of the National Survey on Recreati…"

"Birds become more and more fascinating, not less, the more you watch them."