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Health Quotes


"Every child in America deserves high-quality health care."


"If Charlton Heston can have a constitutional right carry a rifle, why can't grandma have a constitutional right to health care?"


"The other thing is that if you rely solely on medication to manage depression or anxiety, for example, you have done nothing to train the mind, so that when you come off the medication, you are just as vulnerable to a relapse as though you had never taken the medication."


"As an integral part of the Department of Agriculture, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service monitors our Nation's agriculture to protect against agricultural pests and diseases."


"To do what we are doing in this budget to our children, cutting their health care funds, decreasing opportunity, simply so we can pay for tax cuts and a war in Iraq is beyond belief, and we need to reverse it."


"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."


"Quality child care, health insurance coverage, and training make it possible for former welfare recipients to get, and keep, jobs."


"I turned into a workaholic to the point of where my health was in jeopardy."


"Col. Shaffer is prohibited by his lawyer from talking. He's at great risk. They want to take away his pay and his health care benefits so they can hold it over his head and not allow him to talk while he's under suspension. This is not America."


"My good health is due to a soup made of white doves. It is simply wonderful as a tonic."


"You know, you've got serious pieces, you've got light pieces, you've got cooking segments, you've got health-related topics, so it's not as if they've had a unique personality from the get-go."


"After I had gone through this matter with the President I told him of my condition of health and that my doctors felt that I must take a complete rest and that I thought that that meant leaving the Department finally in a short time."


"I don't think there's a shortage of material in the world. Or in my head. I just pray for continued good health, because I've got other stories to tell."


"We have a responsibility to promote stem cell research which could lead to treatments and cures for diseases affecting millions of Americans."


"The body is the easiest thing to adjust to... It's the life, the context of the body, that can be hard to grasp."


"The human has no genetic adaptation to modern industrialized products and needs to be careful with prolonged exposure to these for good health."


"After you're older, two things are possibly more important than any others: health and money."


"San Francisco businesses face many challenges, including high rents, regulatory burdens, and the rising cost of workers compensation insurance and employee health plans."


"For most women, including women who want to have children, contraception is not an option; it is a basic health care necessity."


"Being overweight and obesity are major risk factors for many chronic diseases for South Dakotans of all ages. When people are overweight or obese, they have more health problems and more serious health problems, in addition to higher health care costs."


"I'm by no means condemning prescription medicine for mental health. I've seen it save a lot of people's lives."


"A good job is more than just a paycheck. A good job fosters independence and discipline, and contributes to the health of the community. A good job is a means to provide for the health and welfare of your family, to own a home, and save for retirement."


"I am dying from the treatment of too many physicians."


"The time is now for Congress to address health care in America."


"According to the Privacy Rights Center, up to 10 million Americans are victims of ID theft each year. They have a right to be notified when their most sensitive health data is stolen."


"I have an orthopedic pillow that's made out of a sponge material. I have a plate in my throat, and I have to be careful or I could end up with a bad neck in the morning. That pillow is a must everywhere I go."


"Well, even to this day, if I smell a Big Mac, I'm like Pavlov's dog. My mouth starts watering immediately, like, 'Man, that is so good,' but I can't take a bite of it."


"Our goal is to make Maine the healthiest state in the nation and reduce our overall health care costs."


"I believe that the issue of mental health services for our troops deploying or returning from combat is one that demands the attention of this body, if only for a few minutes today."



"Well, there are about 10 million children that aren't covered by health insurance. About 3 million qualify for Medicaid but don't get it, so we're going to reach out and bring more of those kids into the Medicaid program."


"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."


"We must ensure that every worker has healthcare and is able to save for their retirement. We must ensure that our workers have safe and health working conditions."



"Any health care funding plan that is just, equitable, civilized and humane must - must - redistribute wealth from the richer among us to the poorer and the less fortunate. Excellent healthcare is by definition re-distributional."


"Illegal immigration is a genuinely national issue, and resolving it requires a national commitment not just on health care but also border control, law enforcement and other resources."


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