The foundations and the intent of the Affordable Care Act are laudable. The way it's being implemented is a disaster.

We need to think of chronic disease, hypertension, cancer, like H1N1. In fact, there's an epidemic of chronic disease.

I have an obligation to use what I know to try to bring real, usable medical science to every doctor and bedside and patient.

It's unconscionable that cancer patients get the wrong diagnosis 30 percent of the time and that it takes so long to treat them with appropriate drugs for their cancer.

I want to do transformational work to actually fix the world.

I'm a physician. I've been blessed with ideas and resources to use technology to make the world a better place. That's what I would like to leave behind.

The pancreas is by far the most complex organ in the body.

I love doing a lot of things I'm told I can't do. I think that's what drives me and keeps me awake every day.

You don't inherit cancer; you actually get it.

We need to and must protect privacy. But I think that people will be willing and even eager to share medical information about themselves for the greater good of mankind.

I like to look for patterns, in science and life. It’s what I do.

Let your Discourse with Men of Business be Short and Comprehensive.

I am a great admirer of mystery and magic. Look at this life - all mystery and magic.

I thought we were aggressive across the board defensively, and you could just see it grow. As the game went along, you could see the confidence grow. It showed in the fourth quarter.

Success is to be measured not by wealth, power, or fame, but by the ratio between what a man is and what he might be.

I'm crazy about Dublin. If you went back 3,000 years in my ancestry you wouldn't find a drop of Irish blood in the veins, but I love the place.

I didn't want to make a man the No. 1 quest in my life.

You are the only one who can make it happen for you. Others can support and encourage you, but you have to find the energy within in order to step into the center of your own life and take charge.

Let the man who would hear God speak, read Holy Scriptures.

Decide what you want ... believe you can have it, believe you deserve it, believe it's possible for you.

I'm gonna take you to the bank, Senator Trent. To the blood bank!