“Use all this life to make yourself a great writer, thoughtful and kind, slowly, surely over the years.”

“Raising awareness versus raising alarmthe public can't be better informed if the information isn't better. ”

“Transparency is critical in public health and epidemics laypeople become either effective force-multipliers or stubborn walls. ”

“Over a century now after Dr. William Gorgas wiped Yellow Fever out of Havana and Panama, and by that out of an entire continent, and more than half a century after Fred Lowe Soper led the eradicati...”

“What an interesting contrast between us, even just in the consideration of one woman. Your complete disregard for her will ironically be your destruction, while my regard for her will be my triumph...”

“If no one knew them well enough to trust them, then no one was going to speak with them, then they would never get the information that would have warned them to be cautious.”

“No body wishes more than I do to see such proofs as you exhibit, that nature has given to our black brethren, talents equal to those of the other colors of men, and that the appearance of a want of...”

“Racial prejudice has always been a difficult topic for me. On several occasions I've withdrawn from conversations that devolved into white bashing. I can never make a general negative statements ba...”

“My story has more than a "great white hope" plot. I loved and respected Tom because he was a servant of God who happened to be white, just as I feel I am a servant of God who happens to be black an...”

“An expert is someone who knows some of the worst mistakes that can be made in his subject, and how to avoid them.”

“There are no experts, only varying degrees of ignorance”

“The more I see of the country, the less I feel I know about it. There is a saying that after five years in the north every man is an expert; after ten years, a novice.”

“If you are interested in equality at all costs, you should never have gone looking for your power in the first place. Holding authority with integrity is more important than making others feel good.”

“If you want to get good in Leadership, you probably should start reading the bible.”

“I dont see myself being special; I just see myself having more responsibilities than the next man. People look to me to do things for them, to have answers.”