Break Quote by David Ives

Well, we're just a couple of weeks from new President Barack Obama being sworn in. And he's been very busy naming a lot of…

— David Letterman

The surgeon general is responsible for sharing scientifically-based information with the public so that they can improve their health. But I will say personally…

— Vivek Murthy

I really think the most important thing I do is to protect the dignity and the integrity of the Office of the Surgeon General.

— Richard Carmona

Very simply, we subsidize high-fructose corn syrup in this country, but not carrots. While the surgeon general is raising alarms over the epidemic of…

— Michael Pollan

I've had opportunities before to run for office - the Republicans recruited me when I was surgeon general, to run for Congress, to run…

— Richard Carmona

I give in and light another cigarette even though last night the surgeon general came on the television set and shook his finger at…

— Kathryn Stockett

After lunch we went into the garden for coffee and I turned on the Surgeon-General with his graphics, percentages etc. of sick and wounded…

— Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig

The overarching issue, really, is our surgeon general should be able to communicate transparently and honestly with the American public on all issues.

— Richard Carmona

Obama's health care plan will be written by a committee whose head, John Conyers, says he doesn't understand it. It'll be passed by Congress…

— Rush Limbaugh

When the surgeon general Joycelyn Elders said that drugs should be legalized, I saw somebody else who felt what I feel. But she got…

— Snoop Dogg

As 17th U.S. Surgeon General, I was privileged to serve as the nation's doctor. I focused much of my time on promoting proven programs…

— Richard Carmona

Reports to the Surgeon General represent the final word upon the efficient and devoted sense of responsibility of our people in this obligation to…

— Herbert Hoover