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Health Quotes


"Third issue, and again I think it is important to note, anyone can make a mistake and any administration can make a mistake once in a while, but this is just a long train of abuses, an unbroken chain of following special interests rather than the health of the American people."


"We didn't actually overspend our budget. The health Commission allocation simply fell short of our expenditure."


"We cannot continue. Our pension costs and health care costs for our employees are going to bankrupt this city."



"Buildings designed with careful attention to aesthetics arouse and enlighten their occupants and that promotes their good health."


"America enjoys the best health care in the world, but the best is no good if folks can't afford it, access it and doctor's can't provide it."


"Jobs are disappearing from every sector of the economy, from engineering to health care workers, forcing hundreds of thousands of families into unemployment and low-paying jobs."



"Incidentally, I only have one cavity, and as much as my dentist asks me to, I just can't bring myself to floss."


"Average Americans are going to win this, not me. And not just your organization, not just the providers of health care, but the American people are going to cause this to happen. But they have to keep sending those cards and letters."


"The regulation of medicine has been a State function."


"America's veterans deserve the very best health care because they've earned it."


"It puts the provider in a situation of looking for ways to have someone else pick up a piece of the cost. As a result, every customer who has insurance ends up paying a 'hidden premium.' It simply adds to the health care cost burden."


"Voters did say 'repeal health care,' they did say 'reduce the size of government.' But not a single one of them from the tea party or anywhere said 'give tax breaks to the wealthiest.'"


"People are at their happiest if they are true to themselves. I think that applies to their chosen profession, friends and relationships. It goes for your health too. If you are true to yourself, it seems to me everything should work out pretty well."



"Obesity among young Americans is a serious problem that can have serious ramifications in the long run."


"St. Louis is more humid. But after a while, the heat started taking a toll on us, so we started rotating a little more up front trying to stay fresh out here."


"As long as man continues to be the ruthless destroyer of lower living beings he will never know health or peace. For as long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other."



"Aaron Pryor wants to get into the ring with me. He wants to be able to retire, and he will. For health reasons."


"There is one consolation in being sick; and that is the possibility that you may recover to a better state than you were ever in before."


"It's not easy to diagnose because depending where the endometrial deposits are, the symptoms can be quite different. It's an unrecognized problem among teenage girls, and it's something that every young woman who has painful menstruation should be aware of ... it's a condition that is curable if it's caught early. If not, if it's allowed to run on, it can cause infertility, and it can really mess up your life.[Author Hilary Mantel on being asked about being a writer with endometriosis, Nov 2012 NPR interview]"


"Every citizen who stops smoking, or loses a few pounds, or starts managing his chronic disease with real diligence, is caulking a crack for the benefit of us all."


"Too many of my constituents, like many other hard working Americans across the country, are suffering unnecessarily due to our flawed health care system."


"Lose your weightLose your mindBut don't lose heartIt's very expensive ."


"Running! If there's any activity happier, more exhilarating, more nourishing to the imagination, I can't think of what it might be. In running the mind flees with the body, the mysterious efflorescence of language seems to pulse in the brain, in rhythm with our feet and the swinging of our arms."


"The most beautiful, amazing and inevitable fact about life- Everything has a natural healing process."


"The answer was that in Burundi, having a clean bill of health has taken on a very particular meaning: unless and until you have paid for your hospital treatment, you simply can't leave, you are in effect a captive."


"Yog is not only about Rog Mukti but also Bhog Mukti. Yoga can be our cultural ambassador. We can reach out to the world through this medium."


"Avoid any exercises that may produce injuries."


"An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure."


"The amount of sympathy you get from having an illness is paid out like a Ponzi scheme and psychiatric disorders are all the way at the bottom."


"In 2001, America 's hospitals provided nearly $21 billion in uncompensated health care services."


"I'm always active in trying to educate people when it comes to eating animal products, testing on animals, and the health benefits of being vegan, although I'm probably not the best person to be talking about the latter at the moment."


"The accumulation of numbers always augments in some measure moral corruptions, and the consequences to health of the various vices incident thereto, are well known."


"Intervention for the prevention and control of osteoporosis should comprise a combination of legislative action, educational measures, health service activities, media coverage, and individual counselling to initiate changes in behaviour."


"Health is not a condition of matter, but of Mind."


"This is a matter of public health. The public was sick and tired of DeLay and his corruption."


"It is vital that we communicate to seniors their options regarding prescription drug assistance."



"I am all about health... and to me, size is not what defines your health."
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