928 private quotes tagged health

“We see tremendous excitement from small-business people about the administration and about the attention and commitment that the president has to do things that really make a difference. I think they recognize that health care is one of those. I think they recognize that what we've been doing in the Recovery Act with our loan programs has mattered.” — Karen Mills

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“The result was, of course, that today, tragically, more than 40 million Americans don't have health insurance, and for many, not having health insurance means they don't have access to good health care.” — George J. Mitchell

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“As we get closer to the end of this Congress, we should be addressing the urgent needs of the American people - the war in Iraq, affordable health care, a sensible energy policy, quality education for our children, retirement security, and a sound and fair fiscal policy.” — Chris Van Hollen

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“If a State has reliable scientific information that demonstrates that a warning is needed for a particular food, then in the interest of public health, it should share that information with the FDA and petition for a new national standard.” — Nathan Deal

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“I don't think a director should have any kids. I don't even think it's good for your physical health. Even guys in their 30s look exhausted because directors never get enough sleep. What I do is stressful enough.” — Tom Berenger

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“After you're older, two things are possibly more important than any others: health and money.” — Helen Gurley Brown

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“You end up as you deserve. In old age you must put up with the face, the friends, the health, and the children you have earned.” — Judith Viorst

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“Talk is by far the most accessible of pleasures. It costs nothing in money, it is all profit, it completes our education, founds and fosters our friendships, and can be enjoyed at any age and in almost any state of health.” — Robert Louis Stevenson

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“My age and health will never allow me to realize the dream of art I've been pursuing all my life.” — Paul Cezanne

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“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

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“Your 40s are a major trough. About the age of 50, feelings of satisfaction begin to rebound and keep rising into your 50s, 60s and 70s, with health being a major factor.” — Jane Pauley

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“I think that age as a number is not nearly as important as health. You can be in poor health and be pretty miserable at 40 or 50. If you're in good health, you can enjoy things into your 80s.” — Bob Barker

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“As an American, you have a right to good health care that is effective, accessible, and affordable, that serves you from infancy through old age, that allows you to go to practitioners and facilities of your choosing, and that offers a broad range of therapeutic options.” — Andrew Weil

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“Taste is the fundamental quality which sums up all the other qualities. It is the nec plus ultra of the intelligence. Through this alone is genius the supreme health and balance of all the faculties.” — Isidore Ducasse Lautreamont

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“Traditionally, Medicare's assurance has been that for the elderly and persons with disabilities that they will not be alone when confronted with the full burden of their health care costs.” — Mike Fitzpatrick

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“Paul Farmer has helped to build amazing health care system in one of the poorest areas of Haiti. He founded Partners in Health, which serves the destitute and the sick in many parts of the world from Haiti to Boston and from Russia to Peru.” — Tracy Kidder

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“A healthy attitude is contagious but don't wait to catch it from others. Be a carrier.” — Tom Stoppard

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“I have always detested any departure from reality, an attitude which I relate to my mother's poor mental health.” — Jean Piaget

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“Look up, laugh loud, talk big, keep the color in your cheek and the fire in your eye, adorn your person, maintain your health, your beauty and your animal spirits.” — William Hazlitt

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“And I think of that again as I've written in several of my beauty books, a lot of health comes from the proper eating habits, which are something that - you know, I come from a generation that wasn't - didn't have a lot of food.” — Joan Collins

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“You may keep your beauty and your health, unless you destroy them yourself, or discourage them to stay with you, by using them ill.” — William Temple

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“I really believe that beauty comes from health - sensible eating and exercise.” — Dita Von Teese

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“The best activities for your health are pumping and humping.” — Arnold Schwarzenegger

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“Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body.” — Joseph Addison

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“And I believe that the best buy in public health today must be a combination of regular physical exercise and a healthy diet.” — Julie Bishop

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