Back in 1983, the United States government approved the release of the first genetically modified organism. In this case, it was a bacteria that prevents frost on food crops.

Basic income is not a utopia, it's a practical business plan for the next step of the human journey.

You can eliminate, for example, a Brazil nut gene if you know that it will create an allergenic effect.

We now have an opportunity, though, to do something we didn't do in the industrial age, and that is to get a leg up on this, to bring the public in quickly, to have an informed debate.

Many of the genetically modified foods will be safe, I'm sure. Will most of them be safe? Nobody knows.

The world's environment can no longer handle beef.

Can we reach biosphere consciousness and global empathy in time to avert planetary collapse?

What the public needs to understand is that these new technologies, especially in recombinant DNA technology, allow scientists to bypass biological boundaries altogether.

The position I took at the time was that we hadn't really examined any of the potential environmental consequences of introducing genetically modified organisms.

We are entering a new phase in human history - one in which fewer and fewer workers will be needed to produce the goods and services for the global population.

Being both entrepreneurial and social is no longer an oxymoron, but rather a tautology.

those who have loved are those that have found God

Don’t you dare come into my world and tell me what color the ocean is! It’s black. Black as midnight. Black and awful!

Sticks and stones may break my bones But words can never harm me.

Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a pauper.

Female artists are the perfect example of a creator: They know how to make life and art with their bodies. Life comes from their bodies, so on a very basic level, they have more to write about.

The opposite of faith is not heresy but indifference

We need more light about each other. Light creates understanding, understanding creates love, love creates patience, and patience creates unity.

I can write three novels in the time it takes to write one novella. I'm probably not going to go with that form again.

If you lived with a roommate as unstable as this economic system, you would’ve moved out or demanded that your roommate get professional help.

If a fly gets into the throat of one who is fasting, it is not necessary to pull it out.