C. Everett Koop

The right of smokers to smoke ends where their behavior affects the health and well-being of others.

When a faith-healer commands God to perform a miracle, in the absence of a prayer that says, 'Thy will be done,' it is, as far as I am concerned, the most rank form of arrogance . . . The faith-healer Bosworth once said that faith makes God act. If you follow that line of reasoning God is in His heaven, but Bosworth rules the world!

Your choice of diet can influence your long term health prospects more than any other action you might take.

When a child shows up for school, and is not physically and mentally ready to learn, he or she never catches up.

The health care industry can play a great role in this by being aware of the fact that these children form perhaps the most neglected group of people in the country, largely because it is hard to find them.

Cigarette smoking is clearly identified as the chief, preventable cause of death in our society.

Life affords no greater responsibility, no greater privilege, than the raising of the next generation

The best prescription is knowledge.