The level of outbreak is beyond anything we’ve seen - or even imagined.

I could not possibly overstate the need for an urgent response.

Where you live in the United States shouldn't determine how long and how healthy you live - but it does, far more than it should.

Your longevity and health are more determined by your ZIP code than they are by your genetic code.

It is certainly possible that someone who has had contact with this patient could develop Ebola, but there is no doubt in my mind that we will stop it here.

Unfortunately, it is possible in the coming days that we will see additional cases of Ebola.

The United States has made remarkable progress in reducing both teen pregnancy and racial and ethnic differences, but the reality is, too many American teens are still having babies.

Too many U.S. adults have a heart age years older than their real age, increasing their risk of heart disease and stroke. Everybody deserves to be young - or at least not old - at heart.

I loved clinical practice, but in public health, you can impact more than one person at a time. The whole society is your patient.

Our progress against malaria is impressive. But vigilance remains a critical ingredient to protect the health of all people.

The way we work in public health is, we make the best recommendations and decisions based on the best available data.

winner don't do different things.They do things differently.

Better ignore it than halfheartedly listen!

When a great genius appears in the world you may know him by this sign

I never took the game for granted as far as not having to work on what I needed to do to accomplish all of the things that I wanted to accomplish.

I'm from Winnipeg, you idiot!

You can't talk about truth unless you talk about yourself.

Back in the '70s when my friends in California were at Berkeley, in-state tuition was around $700 a year.

Expecting to be wrong about most things most of the time brings, finally, the kind of humility that leads to peace. I think.

I'd started working when I was 21 and had been very determined about my career, very focused, even as a little kid, so it was something I had been working at for a long time.

Denzel [Washington] just knows the actor. He knows the process, and you don't often get that.