“I'm tired of hearing sin called sickness and alcoholism a disease. It is the only disease I know of that we're spending hundreds of millions of dollars a year to spread.” KnowsYearsSinMillionsDiseaseTiredDollarsSpreadHearingSpendingAlcoholSicknessAlcoholismI'm TiredAlcohol AbuseAlcoholism Funny Author:Vance Havner
“I think that the American diet is a very large part of the reason we're spending 2.3 trillion dollar per year on health care in this country. 75% of that money goes to treat chronic diseases, preventable chronic diseases, most of those are linked to diet.” ThinkingYearsCountryReasonCareDiseaseTreatsDollarsSpendingHealth CareDietsLinkedAmerican Diet Author:Michael Pollan
“The spending of our tax dollars by the Pentagon represents the greatest social disease of our country; I call it Pentagonorrhea.” CountrySocialTaxesDiseaseDollarsSpendingOur CountryPentagonTax Dollars Book:Color Me Flo: My Hard Life and Good Times Source: Color Me Flo: My Hard Life and Good Times
“For just a few dollars a dose, vaccines save lives and help reduce poverty. Unlike medical treatment, they provide a lifetime of protection from deadly and debilitating disease. They are safe and effective. They cut healthcare and treatment costs, reduce the number of hospital visits and ensure healthier children, families and communities.” ChildrenHelpingCommunityNumbersPovertyCuttingCostSafeDiseaseDollarsLifetimeProtectionMedicalTreatmentHospitalsHealthcareVaccinesDoseSave A LifeMedical Treatment Author:Seth Berkley
“I don't measure success in numbers, but I consider my contributions of more than $1.3 billion to various causes over the years to be one of my proudest accomplishments and the best investment I've ever made. Those dollars have improved lives, saved species, fought disease, educated children, inspired change, challenged ideas and opened minds; at the time of my death, virtually all of my wealth will have gone to charity.” YearsMindChildrenMadeIdeasCausesWealthNumbersGoneDiseaseDollarsCharityInvestmentSpeciesInspiredVariousBillionsSavedEducatedAccomplishmentContributionMeasure Of SuccessBest Investment Author:Ted Turner
“Some people don't want to know that very little progress has been made. It is in the same way that companies are selling their products (i.e. the billion dollar cosmetic industry), they can package the message of femininity and normalization around this disease.” PeopleKnowsWayWantLittlesHas BeensMadeCompanyProgressProductsIndustryDiseaseMessagesDollarsBillionsSellingMade ItFemininityPackagesCosmetics Author:Ravida Din
“The motto stated a lie. If this nation has ever trusted in God, that time has gone by; for nearly half a century almost its entire trust has been in the Republican party and the dollar--mainly the dollar. I recognize that I am only making an assertion and furnishing no proof; I am sorry, but this is a habit of mine; sorry also that I am not alone in it; everybody seems to have this disease.” IfsHas BeensGodSeemsLyingNationsPartyHalfGoneCenturyMinesHabitRepublicanDiseaseDollarsSorryPositive AtheismProofTrustedRepublican PartyMottoNot AloneAssertionI Am SorryAm SorryHalf A Century Book:Mark Twain in Eruption (Abridged, Annotated) Source: Mark Twain in Eruption (Abridged, Annotated)
“Instead of building the peace by attacking injustices like starvation, disease, illiteracy, political and economic servitude, we spend a trillion dollars on war since 1946, until hatred and conflict have become the international preoccupation.” WarPoliticalJusticeEconomicBuildingConflictDiseaseHatredDollarsInjusticeInternationalAttackingDisobedienceStarvationServitudePreoccupationIlliteracyWorld Hunger Author:Daniel Berrigan