Donna Shalala People Quotations

Sex education has to do with what's in people's head.

I am interested in getting people to use the healthcare system at the right time, getting them to see the doctor early enough, before a small health problem turns serious.

You go to college not only for the latest knowledge but also to meet people from different backgrounds. That's the genius of the American higher-education system compared with the Europeans'. We don't simply skim the elite.

I've spent my whole life with people underestimating me.

I think President Bush tried to step up on Social Security even though the polls showed that was unpopular. He has not been successful and backed off, but I admire people who take on big problems.

The other thing is, I'm one of the handful of people they have that actually knows how to run something, that's an experienced administrator.

The possible slowdown of illicit drug use among young people is encouraging, even though rates of use remain unacceptably high. All of us, especially parents and teachers, need to redouble our efforts

This will not be as generous as people think, ... Face the Nation.

What we're doing is protecting elderly disabled immigrants in nursing homes, ... They're not part of the welfare reform debate. The welfare reform debate is about moving people from welfare to work.

There are thousands of people each day whose lives and the quality of their health care are affected because we do not have national legislation that sets standards and establishes a set of rules that would ensure that they get quality care, ... That's more than frustrating -- that's unacceptable.

I have always hired people of different ages. Young people and older people. People in their 70s and in their 20s. People who are fully capable of talking back to me.

In every community, whether large or small, there are people who lead in their community in easy and difficult times.

I'll be one of the spokespeople, one of the people who sells the Administration's plans.

By putting people around me who will calm me down and slow me down and make sure I work through an issue.

We can't afford as a nation - not because of money but because of our social fabric - to have large numbers of people who are not working.

We want to do everything as possible to help our community and to help these young people stay on track with their plans for a college education. It's the right thing to do,

It's coaches. It's people that are involved in kids' lives at every level, and it's supporting their parents. Their parents need better jobs. So that they can help them with their homework and don't have to work two jobs.

The new century brings new challenges and opportunities to improve the health of everyone in the United States, ... People not only want to live a long life, but they also want to enjoy a healthy life.

I must have helped 15 people get in the program.

Illicit drug use fell from 11.4 percent (in 1997) to 9.9 percent (in 1998) among young people aged 12-17, a statistically significant decline, ... while illicit drug use overall remained flat.

In too many cases, we are missing opportunities to save people simply because families are never contacted and donation is never even considered as an option,

All kinds of people are getting very sick because they're taking two kinds of drugs they shouldn't take together, for instance, ... It's a particular problem for senior citizens who are having trouble reading the fine print.