Quotes About Health

In the nineteenth century, cholera struck the most modern, prosperous cities in the world, killing rich and poor alike, from Paris and London to New York City and New Orleans. In 1836, it felled King Charles X in Italy; in 1849, President James Polk in New Orleans; in 1893, the composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in St. Petersburg.

Many experts believe that a cholera-like pandemic looms. In a survey by the epidemiologist Larry Brilliant, 90 percent of epidemiologists said that a pandemic that will sicken 1 billion, kill up to 165 million, and trigger a global recession that could cost up to $3 trillion would occur sometime in the next two generations.

Living in Virginia required suffering what residents called a "seasoning"—that is, "two or three small fits of a feaver and ague," as one settler wrote in 1687.20

the virtual elimination of infectious diseases as a significant factor in social life," the virologist Sir Macfarlane Burnet wrote in 1951.2 "To write about infectious disease," he added in 1962, "is almost to write of something that has passed into history.

a single opossum, through grooming, destroyed nearly six thousand ticks a week.

I prefer to thin of it as rebooting my ovarian operating system.

All the sudden high-impact stress can really take a toll on your body. So if you still want to be active and get in a good workout, go to a yoga class or pilates class, or get in some strength and conditioning.

Your body tells you what it needs, and if you sleep past your alarm on a Saturday morning, it's probably because you need the sleep.

Everything you see I owe to spaghetti

I used to be hung up on my figure, but it's a waste of time. I don't believe in diets. Have four pints one night, be healthy the next.

Come rain or shine I walk short distances rather than taking my car.

Be true to your teeth and they won't be false to you.

Psychoanalysis is the transformation of hysterical misery into common unhappiness.

A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools.

Diet cures more than the lancet.

We must be trained to clarify minds, heal broken hearts, and create homes where sunshine will make an environment in which mental and spiritual health may be nurtured. Our schooling must not only teach us how to bridge the Niagara River gorge, or the Golden Gate, but must teach us how to bridge the deep gaps of misunderstanding and hate and discord in the world.

Carpentry is a young person's sport. It builds you up physically for the first few years, then starts tearing you down.

I have the body of an eighteen year old. I keep it in the fridge.

After five days in hospital I took a turn for the nurse.

I have a body of an eighteen year old. I keep it in the fridge.

Contraceptives should be used on every conceivable occasion.

If you just stay away from junk, and stick with what your mom taught you, you're eating pretty healthy.

My soul-bird loves my body-cage Only when it is kept fit, Pure and absolutely immaculate.

Keep your own house and its surroundings pure and clean. This hygiene will keep you healthy and benefit your worldly life.