- Help
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- Nov 07, 2020
Health Quotes
Health is measured in more than numbers.
These quotes move between the personal and the civic - years spent caregiving for family, running as a way to protect mental health, and a bridge metaphor used to argue that a society's health depends on its weakest members, not its averages. See our Change Quotes for related ideas.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I will not walk away from the people and communities whom I love deeply. I will continue to raise my voice for justice and equality for all, organize communities who want to defend the rights of black people, stand against policies that target and marginalize Muslims, and advocate for health care for all people.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
There came a point when I called my mom, and I was like, 'I need to come home. I'm not OK. I'm not good right now. My mental health isn't good.'
- First Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first time I moved to L.A., I was there for five months, and my health got so bad because of how depressed I was.
- Living
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- Nov 07, 2020
I sit on my duff, smoke cigarettes and watch TV. I'm not exactly a poster girl for healthy living.
- Mirror
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your muscles grow, your ego has reached a point where it is now eating itself. That's why I believe there should be a psychiatrist at every health club, so that when they see you doing this, they will take you away for a little chat.
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
We can't afford to sacrifice another generation of American children to bureaucratic politics. We've got to get it done. The future, the health, the life - our nation depends on it and it's just foolish to think or act otherwise.
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
For some people, it's best for their mental health to know they have the gene for Huntington's and some time in the future they'll have a problem. But to other people, it would be a disaster.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the political confusion and the torrid heat, I convinced myself that Madrid was the world's stomach and that I had been chosen for the task of restoring this digestive organ to health.
- Ensure
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- Nov 07, 2020
We must ensure that every worker has healthcare and is able to save for their retirement. We must ensure that our workers have safe and health working conditions.
- Childhood
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't have many Russian friends. My childhood friends are dead - either from bad health, or they died in perestroika.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
What I do now is I train in the mornings, and people ask me why I do it. I do it for two reasons: first of all, to keep in shape, but secondly, I think training, sport, and physical activity is really good for mental health.
- Help
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've realised that doctors can only help change a certain number of patients, but a Minister of Health can really change things.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was with my mum in the shops, a ladies boutique or something, and I was asked what I wanted to be when I grow up. I think you're supposed to say an ambulance man or a footballer or a soldier or something like that, and I told all my mother's friends that I wanted to be Minister for Health. She was mortified, needless to say.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am not so naive to think that I can make every problem in the health service go away. No minister can. And never will be able to.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
We know what happens when a woman earns money. She is far more likely than a man to spend her earnings on the health and education of her children and to invest in improving her family's standard of living.
- Much
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- Nov 07, 2020