Health Quotes

"It begins and ends with money. It's absurd in this day and age when we need so much money for education, health, for people, that a $100 million dollars can be spent on a film. It's obscene"

Kathleen Turner, Actress

"I heard a definition once: Happiness is health and a short memory! I wish I'd invented it, because it is very true"

Audrey Hepburn, Actress

"The time to read is any time: no apparatus, no appointment of time and place, is necessary. It is the only art which can be practiced at any hour of the day or night, whenever the time and inclination comes, that is your time for reading; in joy or sorrow, health or illness"

Holbrook Jackson, Writer

"The awareness that health is dependent upon habits that we control makes us the first generation in history that to a large extent determines its own destiny"

Jimmy Carter, President

"A comfortable house is a great source of happiness. It ranks immediately after health and a good conscience"

Sydney Smith, Clergyman

"He whom the gods love dies young, while he is in health, has his senses and his judgments sound"

Plautus, Playwright

"Exuberant health is always, as such, sickness also"

Theodor Adorno, Philosopher

"I did not become a vegetarian for my health, I did it for the health of the chickens"

Isaac Bashevis Singer, Novelist

"You know, for most seniors Medicare is their only form of health care"

Corrine Brown, Politician

"Today right here in America we have 50 million people without health insurance"

Corrine Brown, Politician

"When I ran for Congress I promised to help make health care affordable again"

Bobby Jindal, Politician

"My background is in health care"

Bobby Jindal, Politician

"You cannot have maternal health without reproductive health. And reproductive health includes contraception and family planning and access to legal, safe abortion"

Hillary Clinton, Politician

"Safeguard the health both of body and soul"

Cleobulus, Poet

"I also rise today in strong support of forward movement on the implementation of health information technology, which has the potential to save the United States billions of dollars in health care costs each year"

Russ Carnahan, Politician

"The filth and noise of the crowded streets soon destroy the elasticity of health which belongs to the country boy"

Rutherford B. Hayes, President

"Illegal immigrants are beginning to comprise a black market class of workers in our society, jeopardizing the financial health of companies which play by the rules, while themselves vulnerable to the exploitation by those willing to take advantage of their illegal status"

Spencer Bachus, Politician

"Most illegals are without health insurance, and when these workers need emergency healthcare, the American taxpayer gets stuck with the bill"

Spencer Bachus, Politician

"From this experience we have learned that in a big party it is important to have the necessary and often controversial discussions on policy issues such as the health system while in opposition"

Angela Merkel, Statesman

"People who overly take care of their health are like misers. They hoard up a treasure which they never enjoy"

Laurence Sterne, Novelist

"People who are always taking care of their health are like misers, who are hoarding a treasure which they have never spirit enough to enjoy"

Laurence Sterne, Novelist

"As I go to sleep I remember what my father said-that one can never be sure if one will awake. The way my health is now, this is becoming more and more real"

Jerzy Kosinski, Novelist

"When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost"

Billy Graham, Clergyman

"Women in particular need to keep an eye on their physical and mental health, because if we're scurrying to and from appointments and errands, we don't have a lot of time to take care of ourselves. We need to do a better job of putting ourselves higher on our own 'to do' list"

Michelle Obama, First Lady

"See, that's why Barack's running: to end the war in Iraq responsibly - to build an economy that lifts every family, to make sure health care is available for every American - and to make sure that every child in this nation has a world-class education all the way from preschool to college"

Michelle Obama, First Lady

"To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost"

Gustave Flaubert, Novelist

"The health of a democratic society may be measured by the quality of functions performed by private citizens"

Alexis de Tocqueville, Historian

"Big Brother is on the march. A plan to subject all children to mental health screening is underway, and the pharmaceuticals are gearing up for bigger sales of psychotropic drugs"

Phyllis Schlafly, Activist

"Health is the vital principle of bliss, and exercise, of health"

James Thomson, Musician

"My main mistake was to have made an ancient people advance by forced marches toward independence, health, culture, affluence, comfort"

Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, Royalty

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

Louise Slaughter, Politician

"Happiness lies first of all in health"

George William Curtis, Author

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

Zach Braff, Actor

"Working families need to know that we will work to protect their health needs, promote the development of safe, effective medicines, and guarantee patient rights"

Christopher Dodd, Politician

"We designed both our state employee health plans and the one we created for low-income Hoosiers as Health Savings Accounts, and now in the tens of thousands these citizens are proving that they are fully capable of making smart, consumerist choices about their own health care"

Mitch Daniels, Politician

"And whether it is equal pay, health care, Social Security, or family leave, this Congress has refused to address issues critical to hard-working American women"

Louise Slaughter, Politician

"For sleep, riches and health to be truly enjoyed, they must be interrupted"

Jean Paul, Author

"Contraceptives have a proven track record of enhancing the health of women and children, preventing unintended pregnancy, and reducing the need for abortion"

Louise Slaughter, Politician

"In the field of health care, we are giving people access to insurance who have not had it before"

Christine Gregoire, Politician

"There is just no reason why the richest nation in the world can't provide health care to all its people"

Christine Gregoire, Politician

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