Quotes about Health

“Quality health care services must be accessible and affordable for all - not just those in certain ZIP codes or tax brackets.”

“A retired teacher paid $62,000 towards her pension and nothing, yes nothing, for full family medical, dental and vision coverage over her entire career. What will we pay her? $1.4 million in pension benefits and another $215,000 in health care benefit premiums over her lifetime.”

“Advances in technology will continue to reach far into every sector of our economy. Future job and economic growth in industry, defense, transportation, agriculture, health care, and life sciences is directly related to scientific advancement.”

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

“If you're truly serious about your physique and health, in totality, I think you need to pull out all stops. You need to really just hone in on that warrior within.”

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

“In sharp contrast to the idea that this stage of life is enviable, we hear high levels of anxiety about getting old, anxieties about health, mobility, access to facilities, simple routine care and attention.”

“Connectivity enables transparency for better government, education, and health.”

“I believe that if you're healthy, you're capable of doing everything. There's no one else who can give you health but God, and by being healthy I believe that God is listening to me.”

“When you ask people what affects their wellbeing most, they think of health and wealth.”

“I am not against all forms of high-tech medicine. Drugs and surgeries have a secure place in the treatment of serious health conditions. But modern American medicine treats almost every health condition as if it were an emergency.”

“A man is not rightly conditioned until he is a happy, healthy, and prosperous being; and happiness, health, and prosperity are the result of a harmonious adjustment of the inner with the outer of the man with his surroundings.”

“You can never turn the clock back and, since we're talking about mental health, I would stress that.”

“Health is relative. There is no such thing as an absolute state of health or sickness. Everyone's physical, mental, and emotional condition is a combination of both.”

“Health is certainly extremely important, and we've done a number of things at Facebook to help improve global health and work in that area, and I am excited to do more there, too. But the reality is that it's not an either-or. People need to be healthy and be able to have the Internet as a backbone to connect them to the whole economy.”

“No employer is going to hire robustly until they know what the health care cost is going to be.”

“The average, healthy, well-adjusted adult gets up at seven-thirty in the morning feeling just plain terrible.”

“Productive achievement is a consequence and an expression of health and self-esteem, not its cause.”

“Places where prostitution is legal, you find much better health care, fewer cases of disease and illegal abortions. There's really nothing to be gained by keeping prostitution illegal.”

“The trouble with always trying to preserve the health of the body is that it is so difficult to do without destroying the health of the mind.”

“The majority of Americans receive health insurance coverage through their employers, but with rising health care costs, many small businesses can no longer afford to provide coverage for their employees.”