Health Quotes

"We know a great deal more about the causes of physical disease than we do about the causes of physical health"

"People who shop in health food stores never look healthy"

"It is reasonable to expect the doctor to recognize that science may not have all the answers to problems of health and healing"

Norman Cousins, Author

"My health may be better preserved if I exert myself less, but in the end doesn't each person give his life for his calling?"

Clara Schumann, Musician

"This is a very difficult question. If you take a look at the aging population and demographics, we are going to have a big increase in the number of health care jobs needed in the state and in the country"

David Obey, Politician

"The NRA was one of the items that we pointed to when we added money to the labor, health and Education appropriations bill by reducing the size of the tax cut"

David Obey, Politician

"It is time that we take control and find a way to curtail the explosive costs of health care. Small businesses deserve a chance to channel these funds toward other needs, such as expanding and creating more jobs for the economy"

Christopher Bond, Politician

"Reconciliation cannot be used to pass comprehensive health care reform. It won't work because it was never designed for that kind of significant legislation; it was designed for deficit reduction"

Kent Conrad, Politician

"Having good health, being able to breathe and be happy, that's one of the most beautiful gifts. On top of that, I have the gift to play music and make people happy through that. I'm just telling you from my heart, I'm so in love with life"

Roy Ayers, Musician

"Please be assured that as we move along through the implementation of health insurance reform, making sure that we find efficiencies within the existing system, is foremost on the President's mind"

Valerie Jarrett, Lawyer

"The only possible role that I can see for reconciliation would be to make modest changes in the major package to improve affordability, to deal with what share of Medicaid expansion the federal government pays, those kinds of issues, which is the traditional role for reconciliation in health care"

Kent Conrad, Politician

"I've never had any health problems and I'm Ruben, man, all the way through"

Ruben Studdard, Musician

"The long, cold Minnesota winters instilled in me a fascination for exotic far off places; I aspired toward a career in tropical diseases and world health problems"

Peter Agre, Scientist

"We don't come to Canada for our health. We can think of other ways of enjoying ourselves"

Prince Philip, Royalty

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

John Conyers, Politician

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

John Conyers, Politician

"To maximize our potential to enhance our health and our knowledge, we should remain open to new understanding and evolving technology or resources that might inspire a change in our approach to these important questions"

Samuel Wilson, Public Servant

"We don't have enough people going into those fields and there is a high burnout rate in some health care professions, so it is very important that we get more people into the pipeline right now"

David Obey, Politician

"We are going to see a tremendous number of health professionals retire over the next 8-10 years. We are not doing nearly enough to deal with this problem"

David Obey, Politician

"I think we have to be very careful when we toss around terms like 'cut health care costs.' We would do very well to expect a cut in the rate of increase"

David Obey, Politician

"The Recovery plan will put money in the pockets of the American worker, create and save millions of new jobs and invest in crucial areas such as health care, education, energy independence and a new infrastructure"

Valerie Jarrett, Lawyer

"For those that are working part time, in small businesses, or who are unemployed and do not currently have health insurance, we want to make sure that you are covered"

Valerie Jarrett, Lawyer

"We want to make sure that we incentivize the health care system to be designed to provide you the best quality health care possible"

Valerie Jarrett, Lawyer

"And it was back in the mid-1980s, and as I point out in a piece, that was when we are spending about eight percent of our gross domestic product on health care. And even then, we had the impression that so much of the excessive, aggressive medical treatment that took place at the end of life was not only unnecessary but it was cruel"

Richard Dooling, Novelist

"Because what happens is, as the economy suffers, tax revenues go down. But unlike businesses, where at least your variable costs go down, in government your variable costs go up: unemployment insurance, workmen's compensation, health care benefits, welfare, you name it"

Meg Whitman, Businessman

"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"

Jerry Costello, Politician

"Science is the international language, so when we are able to convince countries that good decision-making for human health and animal health is based upon science, that's a real success story for us"

Mike Johanns, Politician

"A Harris poll I've seen says only 12 percent of the electorate names taxes as one of the most important issues facing the nation. Voters put tax cuts dead last, behind education, Social Security, health care, Medicare and poverty"

Lane Evans, Politician

"Coal is absolutely critical to our nation's economic health and global competitiveness"

Jerry Costello, Politician

"What the Idaho Health Freedom Act says is that the citizens of our state won't be subject to another federal mandate or turn over another part of their life to government control"

Butch Otter, Politician

"Illegal immigration is not just a matter of interest in states along our border with Mexico. It is having an effect on local economies, schools, health care delivery, and public safety all across the country"

Roger Wicker, Politician

"In this most powerful nation in the world, lack of access to health care should not force local and state governments, companies and workers into bankruptcy, while causing unnecessary illness and hospitalization"

John Conyers, Politician

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

John Baldacci, Politician

"We are losing our living systems, social systems, cultural systems, governing systems, stability, and our constitutional health, and we're surrendering it all at the same time"

Paul Hawken, Environmentalist

"Soaring prescription drug costs have placed a tremendous strain on family budgets. They have also imposed a heavy burden on employers - both public and private - who are struggling to provide affordable health insurance coverage to their workers"

Susan Collins, Politician

"The infrastructure for linking environmental health and public health is not working as well as it should"

Samuel Wilson, Public Servant

"As founder and co-chair of the upper Mississippi River Congressional task force, I have long sought to preserve the river's health and historical multiple uses, including as a natural waterway and a home to wildlife, for the benefit of future generations of Americans"

Ron Kind, Politician

"One of the major goals of health insurance reform is to bring down the cost"

Valerie Jarrett, Lawyer

"I have long recognized a link between fitness and mental health and I think we need to encourage young people to take part in sports and team activities because we know it has such positive results"

Tipper Gore, Celebrity

"Moreover, environmental health at the local level has become narrowly focused, very much defined around regulations and the attendant regulatory debates"

Samuel Wilson, Public Servant

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