Empowerment of individuals and communities is absolutely central. Getting the community involved in organising their own destiny has got to be a key part of it.

Health inequalities and the social determinants of health are not a footnote to the determinants of health. They are the main issue.

We have to put reduction of health inequalities at the centre of our public health strategy and that will require action on the social determinants of health.

The lower you are in the hierarchy the worse your health, the higher you are, the better your health.

Saying we can't afford to invest in early child development means we're storing up bigger costs in the future.

Your position in the hierarchy influences your behaviour.

Once you get off the ladder you'll never get back on.

Health and health inequalities tell us a great deal about the good or bad effects of social policies.

General improvements in health/decline in mortality do not affect all classes equally. As mortality rates fall, social inequalities commonly widen.

Our elected politicians do what they judge is the right thing to do. And if we disagree then I'll show them the evidence of why I disagree.

The brain is an important gateway by which the social environment impacts on people's health through the mind.

Whatever the response to loss and tragedy, the experience seems to boil down to one journey--searching for Jesus.

God is using all of your experiences, both good and bad, to develop your character to match your calling.

How will machines know what we value if we don't know ourselves?

I do not believe anyone has reached such perfection, surpassing all others, except Christ, to whom God immediately revealed - without words or visions - the conditions which lead to salvation.

I'm not normally a jewelry person. I'm supposed to be a working class champion and all, and I don't like to rub my success in people's faces.

I love John Madden, because he makes me feel smart.

I wake the dead. I bring Jackie Robinson and the Roosevelts to life. Who do you think Im trying to wake up?

Getting a woman's body and getting her heart are two different things. And gaining her trust is another problem entirely.

Look to the essence of a thing, whether it be a point of doctrine, of practice, or of interpretation.

I'm not always open to creative input when I have my heart set on a creative idea or a message I want to convey.