"Effective health care depends on self-care; this fact is currently heralded as if it were a discovery." ― Ivan Illich Topic(s): Health More From Ivan Illich "At the moment of death I hope to be surprised." "Leadership does not depend on being right." "Healthy people are those who live in healthy homes on a healthy diet; in an environment equally fit for birth, growth work, healing, and dying… Healthy people need no bureaucratic interference to mate, give birth, share the human condition and die." More In Health "I’ve got a stag weekend coming up and I’ve said I’m not doing anything more than a few drinks. I won’t have it. I’ll go home and watch Antiques Roadshow."― Martin Freeman "So, in Europe, they’re cutting people’s retirement and health benefits. And that’s what we want to avoid from happening. They’re raising taxes, entering a recession. That’s the kind of economic program that President Obama has put in place."― Paul Ryan "A modern health and social care system has to be completely focussed on the needs of its users."― Patricia Hewitt