Quotes for All
There is a global epidemic where one out of three women will be beaten or sexually assaulted in their lifetimes? How are we going to build a future of love and connection? And why would this not be of utmost concern to men? Eve Ensler
I literally cried on Lisa Joy’s shoulder when it ended. Just, Thank you. Because those roles [like Dolores in the Westworld] are few and far between. What an amazing opportunity. It was an honor and a privilege to get to bring it to life, and I hope she gives other people the strength that she’s … Read more
All the men in my life have been two things: an epic and an epidemic. Ethel Waters
The obesity epidemic among American children is becoming so bad that I think there’s a growing realization across the country that we’ve got to change what we’re feeding our kids and that school may be a really good place to start. Eric Schlosser
The AIDS disease is caused by a virus, but the AIDS epidemic is not. The AIDS epidemic is fueled by stigma, by hate, by misinformation, by ignorance, by indifference. Science has accomplished miracles over the past 20 years, and science can now end this disease – but it cannot end the epidemic. We need more … Read more
The craze of genealogy is connected with the epidemic for divorce. If we can’t figure out who our living relatives are, then maybe we’ll have more luck with the dead ones. Elizabeth Jane Howard
The AIDS epidemic has rolled back a big rotting log and revealed all the squirming life underneath it, since it involves, all at once, the main themes of our existence: sex, death, power, money, love, hate, disease and panic. No American phenomenon has been so compelling since the Vietnam War. Edmund White
People who do not worship are swept into a vast restlessness, epidemic in the world, with no steady direction and no sustaining purpose. Edmund Clowney
Why is it that wellnesses are not as contagious as illnesses–generally speaking, but also especially regarding taste? Or are there epidemics of health? Friedrich Nietzsche
The Caribbean is the region in the Americas worst affected by the epidemic of NCDs. These diseases are responsible for over two- thirds of deaths, much sickness and ill health, resulting in an unsustainable burden on our fragile economies. Freundel Stuart