James Smith People Quotations

People just don't think poverty exists here. It's a perception that since Howard County is an affluent place . . . low-income people just don't live here. (But) they do.

You don't expect the health of middle-aged people in these two countries to be too different, but we found that the Americans are a lot less healthy than the English.

The poor will always be among us. In their mind, as long as they get gas and electricity, they're OK. But what about the next month? And the next? . . . The challenge is helping people to break out of the mentality of poverty.

We were able to give several thousand people water and ice. We're hoping the supply will last seven days. We can extend that.

Back in the day, black people and white people didn't mingle. Now you see people being treated like souls instead of animals. I believe God gave Martin Luther King a sneak preview of what he was going to do in the future.

It's not just a difference in how people characterize their own health. The biological measures confirm there is a difference.

The mortality rates among people around age 60 is about the same in both countries. But we don't do a better job at preventing people from getting sick in the first place.