...In a world riven by inequity, medicine could be viewed as social justice work.

The idea that some lives matter less is the root of all that is wrong with the world.

If access to health care is considered a human right, who is considered human enough to have that right?

For me, an area of moral clarity is: you're in front of someone who's suffering and you have the tools at your disposal to alleviate that suffering or even eradicate it, and you act.

It is clear that the pharmaceutical industry is not, by any stretch of the imagination, doing enough to ensure that the poor have access to adequate medical care.

The essence of global health equity is the idea that something so precious as health might be viewed as a right.

With rare exceptions, all of your most important achievements on this planet will come from working with others- or, in a word, partnership.

What I can argue is that no one should have to die of a disease that is treatable.

If I am hungry, that is a material problem; if someone else is hungry, that is a spiritual problem.

We have to design a health delivery system by actually talking to people and asking, 'What would make this service better for you?' As soon as you start asking, you get a flood of answers.

That's when I feel most alive, when I'm helping people.

I was lucky that I met the right mentors and teachers at the right moment.

Producing Bob Dylan was pretty much a spectator sport.

It's absolutely amazing what happens when you're consistent in your walk and you're consistent in the way you live your life.

When I practiced, I practiced to get it right.

I don't like losing at anything. Why should I?

Cancer is not a straight line. It's up and down.

Being a mother is by far my greatest accomplishment.

Everybody needs beauty as well as bread.

Quality, service, cleanliness, and value.

Tolerance is only another name for indifference.