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

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.

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.

As complicated as life is, Its also very simple, Once we can find a balance, the world becomes ours, Till then, the hard work is to make things that are sooo complicated look sooo simple

Why can't people just love each other and be happy?

I'd like my coffin to be a camera obscura so I can see what's going on outside.

I like to do things sort of intuitively, I think.

I had a passion for cooking, and I was a very bad student.

My thoughts are starts I can't fathom into constellations.

Love goes away when your mind goes away and then you're someone else.

Women seem not to understand, or underestimate, the profound power they have over their husbands.

Reclaim your role as eco-role models and exemplars in your community. Change is happening rapidly. Let libraries continue to be at the center of it.

The thing to do is to keep your mind when the world around you is losing theirs.