It is strange indeed that the more we learn about how to build health, the less healthy Americans become.
—Adelle Davis, 1951Quotes
Plagues are as certain as death and taxes.
—Richard Krause, 1982The best quarantine is hygiene.
—Richard D. Arnold, 1871If we wait for a pandemic to appear, it will be too late to prepare.
—George W. Bush, 2005I reckon being ill as one of the great pleasures of life, provided one is not too ill and is not obliged to work till one is better.
—Samuel Butler, c. 1902All the world is topsy-turvy, and it has been topsy-turvy ever since the plague.
—Jack London, 1912Death from the bubonic plague is rated, with crucifixion, among the nastiest human experiences of all.
—Guy R. Williams, 1975Everyone who is sick is someone else’s patient zero.
—Leslie Jamison, 2020Health in all lands is among the indispensable guarantees of human progress.
—Helen Keller, 1936The beginning of health lies in knowing the disease.
—Miguel de Cervantes, 1615He who dies of epidemic disease is a martyr.
—Muhammad, c. 630Infectious disease is one of the few genuine adventures left in the world.
—Hans Zinsser, 1935Health care delivery is one of the tragedies still in America.
—Jewel Plummer Cobb, 1989