Donald Berwick Quotes

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

Donald Berwick

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• What happened was I saw this ad for a yogurt plant for sale. It was in my junk mail pile, and I threw it into the garbage can. And then about half an hour later, with the dirt on it, I picked it up from the garbage can, and I called out of curiosity.

  

  Hamdi Ulukaya
  • Up
  • Plant
  • Curiosity

• Every dogma, every philosophic or theological creed, was at its inception a statement in terms of the intellect of a certain inner experience.

  

  Felix Adler
  • Experience
  • Intellect
  • Dogma

• My dad lived by example. I lived by watching him. I watched all the great things he did and said. I try to walk that talk for my children.

  

  Laila Ali
  • Great
  • Children
  • Dad

• I'm not against the NSA. I'm not against spying; I'm not against looking at phone records.

  

  Rand Paul
  • Looking
  • Against
  • Phone

• It's a good thing I don't read everything Eddie says, or I'd be up in arms and not enjoying my life.

  

  Sammy Hagar Van Halen
  • Life
  • Up
  • Good

• I do think that 'Pretty Little Liars' has raised the bar in how social media can tie into the fan base watching the show.

  

  Laura Leighton
  • Think
  • Pretty
  • Media

• The father figure doesn't impress me. I have a very friendly relationship with my father, but that wasn't always the case. My mother had custody, and I only saw him every other weekend. I never knew him well enough for him to inspire me.

  

  Xavier Dolan
  • Mother
  • Father
  • Relationship

• A lot of my films have dealt with the dark side of technology and stress that you have to examine the ramifications of progress.

  

  Gale Anne Hurd
  • Technology
  • Dark
  • Progress

• An ordinary kitten will ask more questions than any five-year-old.

  

  Carl Van Vechten
  • Will
  • Questions
  • Ordinary

• Whichever party is in office, the Treasury is in power.

  

  Harold Wilson
  • Power
  • Party
  • Office

• People who drive Jeeps are people who like to do outdoor activities.

  

  Inga Cadranel
  • People
  • Like
  • Drive

• It's really a misconception to identify the writer with the main character, given that the author creates all the characters in the book. In certain ways, I'm every character.

  

  Rachel Kushner
  • Character
  • Book
  • Author

• If you only believe that you're an artist when you have a big advance in your pocket and a single coming out, I would say that's quite soulless. You have to have a sense of your own greatness and your own ability from a very deep place inside you. I am the one with the litmus test in my hands of what people need to hear next.

  

  Lady Gaga
  • People
  • Believe
  • Single

• I would really love to collaborate with Gwen Stefani and M.I.A.; artists that kind of make sense with me vocally. And in terms of style, I'm a very visual artist. I really love Pharell. I love people that really care about drums, and I like beat-heavy.

  

  Kat Graham
  • People
  • Style
  • Care

• It's tricky, performing the show live. Because when you're in a big auditorium, in front of 700 people, the natural tendency is to want to talk louder. You want to project.

  

  Ira Glass
  • People
  • Live
  • Want

• McCarthy emerged in the person of Senator Russ Feingold of Wisconsin.

  

  Pat Buchanan
  • Person
  • Senator
  • Wisconsin

• Hemingway was a jerk.

  

  Harold Robbins
  • Jerk
  • Hemingway

• The people who used to hold the purse strings were a select group of white, middle-aged men, but that's changing, and the more it continues to change, the more we'll see inclusive stories get told.

  

  Caitriona Balfe
  • People
  • Men
  • Change

• It's brilliant having loads of girls running after you. It's also a shock when you realise just how much attention you're getting. Eventually, you start to think, 'I'd rather settle down and be normal.'

  

  Joe Gilgun
  • Running
  • Attention

• The Christian should be able to say with the psalmist, 'Oh, how I love your law.'

  

  R. C. Sproul
  • Love
  • Law
  • Christian

• Your body has space within you that cannot die.

  

  Wayne Dyer
  • Die
  • Space
  • Body

• Harry - you're a great wizard, you know." "I'm not as good as you," said Harry, very embarrassed, as she let go of him. "Me!" said Hermione. "Books! And cleverness! There are more important things - friendship and bravery and - oh Harry - be careful!

  

  Joanne Rowling
  • Good
  • Great
  • Important

• I give myself a cheat day where I annihilate my diet. I'm an all-American girl, so I go for a burger and fries and a shake.

  

  Ashley Wagner
  • American
  • Girl

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

  

  Donald Berwick
  • World
  • American
  • Health