Underfunding Quotes & Sayings

There are challenges as far as underfunding in various parts of the city. But spirit and sense of community is so much stronger in the places we've been. In Hollywood and Beverly Hills for example, people stay to themselves and live away from others in their gated communities. Despite being a native West Angelino, I had never really felt a strong sense of community until "South Of Wilshire". I now feel it because of the show. — Harvey Levin

We are also ignoring and underfunding high speed rail which is one of the best ways to move citizens and improve congestion on our highways. — Corrine Brown

Poor health was not just the result of random acts, bad luck, bad behavior or unfortunate genetics. Deliberate public policy decision about housing, education, parks and streets were the key drivers of racial differences in mortality. Crime kept people off the streets and limited their ability to exercise. The lack of grocery stores limited dietary choices. The lack of primary care doctors and specialists in these communities made chronic disease care more difficult. The degradation and loss of hospital services in these communities affected hospital-based outcomes. ... The chronic underfunding of critical health services at Cook County Hospital and other safety-net providers contributed to these poor outcomes as well. The deleterious impact of social structures such as urban poverty and racism on health has been called 'structural violence. — David A. Ansell

I am the beneficiary of a lucky break in the genetic sweepstakes. — Isaac Asimov

Life without music is a mistake. — Friedrich Nietzsche

People who are meant to play an important role in your life will often come knocking on your front door. However, it is up to you to decide whether or not you want to open the door and let them in. — K.R. Fajardo

The problem with public school is not overcrowding in the classroom. The problem is not teacher unions. The problem is not underfunding or lack of computer equipment. The problem is your damn kids. — P. J. O'Rourke

You yourself are to blame. This weeping and wailing and knocking your heads into corners [against brick walls, as it were] will not do you the least good. — Swami Vivekananda

It's been my experience that you can nearly always enjoy things if you make up your mind firmly that you will. — L.M. Montgomery

It's my constitutional right to have my choice of who I want to vote for for president. — Stacey Dash

And looking at the landslides, you saw how Gore beat Bush so substantially in California. — Mike Curb

History is the short trudge from Adam to atom. — Leonard Louis Levinson

ROBERT ROTH: Going against the tide, no matter how gracefully, will beat you up after a while - all artists know this. — Greg Prato