I always say my God will take care of me. If it's my time I'll go, and if it's not I won't. I feel that He really has a lot of important things for me to do. And He's going to make sure that I'm here to do them.
Joycelyn EldersCondoms will break, but I can assure you that vows of abstinence will break more easily than condoms.
Joycelyn Elders... black women have always found that in the social order of things we're the least likely to be believed--by anyone.
Joycelyn EldersI've heard Eric Clapner, ... I think it was a wonderful thing that Eric Clapner the musician did...So I think that's the wonderful part about it, but listen - I like Eric Clapner!
Joycelyn EldersAs a Christian, as an individual, as a doctor, I am absolutely opposed to the death penalty.
Joycelyn EldersGuns are far too accessible and too readily available. There are over 200 million guns in our society - and that's just the legal ones, the ones we know about. Every ten seconds, another gun is produced. And every fourteen minutes, some person in America dies from gun-inflicted action.
Joycelyn Elders