Quotes about Health

“It's ridiculous that we are in a place where we feel like we can classify and dismiss certain groups of people just because of the way they look, or we have these standards of health - like, cellulite is something you need to get rid of. No, it isn't. It's just a part of people's bodies.”

“The results of inequity and bias impact everything from suspension rates, to housing access, to health outcomes, to medical interventions, to job opportunity and promotions, to criminal sentencing, and even to the very safety of the water one drinks and air one breathes.”

“To continue to grow as a group and create music, our health should always be the No. 1 priority.”

“Without your health, everything else means nothing.”

“Everything we've been taught about health, weight loss and aging is wrong.”

“The way you think, the way you behave, the way you eat, can influence your life by 30 to 50 years.”

“Economists specialize in pointing out unpleasant trade-offs - a skill that is on full display in the health care debate. We want patients to receive the best care available. We also want consumers to pay less. And we don't want to bankrupt the government or private insurers. Something must give.”

“A tremendous amount of needless pain and suffering can be eliminated by ensuring that health insurance is universally available.”

“We need to change the culture of this topic and make it OK to speak about mental health and suicide.”

“The greatest of follies is to sacrifice health for any other kind of happiness.”

“You know, true love really matters, friends really matter, family really matters. Being responsible and disciplined and healthy really matters.”

“I am a very simple guy. Of course, popularity matters a lot, but for me, my health and family come first.”

“The belief that public health measures are not intended for people like us is widely held by many people like me. Public health, we assume, is for people with less - less education, less-healthy habits, less access to quality health care, less time and money.”

“The current approach that psychiatry takes almost ignores social worlds in which mental health problems arise and tries to become highly biomedical like other branches of medicine such as cardiology or oncology. But psychiatry has to be far more embedded in people's personal and social worlds.”

“The power of community to create health is far greater than any physician, clinic or hospital.”

“When I announced my focus on mental health as first lady of Georgia in 1971, none but five mental health advocates in the state wanted to be involved with the issue.”

“Vaccines are the most cost-effective health care interventions there are. A dollar spent on a childhood vaccination not only helps save a life, but greatly reduces spending on future healthcare.”

“When you stop and look at so much of the kind of activism that has been triggered, the Tea Party and the like, as a result of Obama's efforts - TARP, the stimulus package, and now the health care reform - there is a lot of sense this government is changing.”

“You cannot achieve environmental security and human development without addressing the basic issues of health and nutrition.”

“Writing comes from that territory of being invalidated. But I had a sense of purpose, too. I wanted to stop apologising for my health, and I thought I might do some good.”

“Mention health in most companies, and the cost of health insurance is what comes to mind, not how the company can invest to prevent further escalation in societal health care costs.”