Right now, we are doing it blindly.

We must accept human error as inevitable - and design around that fact.

Every system is perfectly designed to get the results it gets.

Some is not a number. Soon is not a time.

We are guests in our patients' lives.

The Holy Grail of universal coverage in the United States may remain out of reach unless, through rational collective action overriding some individual self-interest, we can reduce per capita costs.

It is, I guess, politically correct, widely believed, that to say that American health care is the best in the world. It's not.

Traditional medical ethics, based on the doctor-patient relationship must be changed... The primary function of health care regulations should be to limit an individuals own decision-making!

I am romantic about the NHS. I love it.

As a doctor, an educator, an innovator and someone who has dedicated his professional career to making things work better and to helping people – I am ready to lead.

As a doctor, an educator, an innovator and someone who has dedicated his professional career to making things work better and to helping people - I am ready to lead.

I agreed to keep the cards a secret and asked my grandmother if she believed in magic. She said she did not but that, surprisingly, magic worked even if you did not believe in it.

I ransack public libraries, and find them full of sunk treasure.

Now there was no sign of any foul weather, but when one wishes to do a thing . . . one finds no lack of reasons for the doing.

Real courage is knowing what faces you and knowing how to face it.

If you're a strong man, you should not feel threatened by strong women.

I grew up playing classical piano and percussion.

I love to smoke. I wish I had more than two hands so I can hold more cigars

You have to choose love ... in the most difficult of time to shift the paradigm to that which is love.

I never go overbudget on my movies.