In reality, we've had more spending, more bureaucracy, more waste and higher costs but without necessary reform nor rising productivity.

Peer pressure and social norms are powerful influences on behavior, and they are classic excuses.

I know that nurses are not only the largest healthcare profession but are responsible for the delivery of most healthcare, and are often in the best place to be able to see the whole pathway of care.

If I'm serious about patients and their GPs being able to have more control of their health care, I can't have a top-down system that imposes restrictions on the services they need.

No decision about me, without me.

I think we have to understand that sugar is an essential component of food it's just that sugar in excess is an inappropriate and unhelpful diet.

We will empower patients as well as health professionals. We will disempower the hierarchy and bureaucracy.

You smiled and talked to me of nothing and I felt that for this I had been waiting long.

Gratefulness heightens awareness.

He says I'm beautiful as a red tomato

In the experience is the emotion. In the emotion is the gift.

Its cool when people notice that you make an effort to live certain values.

Alastair Moock is the second coming of John Prine.

One of the strange things about living in the world is that it is only now and then one is quite sure one is going to live forever and ever and ever.

What I want to bring back to superheroes with this project is a sense of play. Things have gotten so dreary. The heroes have gotten so ugly that even their muscles have muscles.

If you are going to keep company with me, don't embarrass me.

When you have inspired thought, you have to trust it and you have to act on it.