"Why not a nap at work? It can't be a taboo subject."
-French Health Minister Xavier Bertrand on a government-sponsored
study to determine the benefits of sleeping on the job, quoted by
the Associated Press, January 29
"The number of women aged between 15 and 50 is fixed. Because
the number of birth-giving machines and devices is fixed, all we
can ask is for them to do their best per head."
-Japanese Health Minister Hakuo Yanagisawa on his country's low
birth rate, January 27. Afterward, he said he was "sorry to call
them machines."
"Brands work, and people use branded items more than they use
nonbranded items, whether it's a cola or a medicine, even."
-New York Health Commissioner Thomas Frieden on plans to hand out
1.5 million free condoms a month with pro-New York City designs on
the wrappers, January 25
"But I think any time we try to pass laws that say you've got to
protect the kids, it's, in general, always good. So we have to find
out more about it."
-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on a proposal to ban spanking, January
18
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