Conditional page title from php functions?

I'm weak with PHP, but I've gone over a few tutorials trying to find the proper syntax for this and so far, no luck.

My problem:

Current code

<title>Health-Hack.com | <?php wp_ozh_randomwords('quips') ?></title>

Code (markup):

I'm trying to make the code conditional so the above will be used on index.php, but on post pages "Health-Hack.com" is relpaced with

<?php the_title(); ?>

Code (markup):

The best (doesn't break page, but doesn't work either) I've come up with is:

<title>
<?php
 if (is_home()) 
echo " Health-Hack.com";
else
echo "<?php the_title(); ?>";
?>
 | <?php wp_ozh_randomwords('quips') ?>
</title>

Code (markup):

As I said, I'm sucky at php. Could anyone show me how to get that the_title value to show, rather than the literal code itself?

Thanks in advance.

 

echo "<?php the_title(); ?>";

Code (markup):

to

echo the_title();

Code (markup):

that assumes the function the_title() does a RETURN at the end to output a value

or just this

<?php echo the_title() . " | " . wp_ozh_randomwords('quips'); ?>";

Code (markup):

 

Thank you so much! Works like a charm.