“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...”

“Many experts dont possess the imagination or vision or any of the logistical expertise required to achieve malaria eradication. Their opinions shouldnt be allowed to hold back men and women who do ...”

“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...”

“Eradicating mosquitoes is a means to an end. An uninfected mosquito is harmless to humans - just a nuisance. An infected mosquito is a danger.”

“But such is the nature of man that as soon as you begin to force him to do a thing, from that moment he begins to seek ways by which he can avoid doing the thing you are trying to force upon him. A...”

“It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste”

“Stay away from conflictive, negative people that pull you down, because they contaminate your energy and impede your progress. Search for people who look at the world with optimism, that inspire yo...”

“If everyone who had a gun just shot themselves, there wouldn't be a problem.”