Everyone's heard about the military-industrial complex, but they know very little about the medical-industrial complex...(in) a medical arms race.

The conventional viewpoint says we need a jobs program and we need to cut welfare. Just the opposite! We need more welfare and fewer jobs.

The minimum wage has not kept pace with rising costs. This legislation is overdue and will help families that are struggling in this harsh economy.

My principles are simple. Protect the Earth. Serve the People, and Explore the Universe

I would like to maximize the level of human choice in the medical field...The choice of a treatment in many ways is like the exercise of religion.

You're all welcome in California.

The volume of paper expands to fill the available briefcases.

Prisons don't rehabilitate, they don't punish, they don't protect, so what the hell do they do?

Equal treatment for children in unequal situations is not justice.

Life simply is. It follows its course. Give yourself to the moment. Let life reveal itself to you.

Check out my web site, wtp.org, to see what fast food did to 2 people in England.

Life's not black-and-white. Sometimes the ends justifies the means.

Fear of dying brings humans the greatest pain. Death is implicit in every form of joy. Of course, it also brings the end of pain.

Faith is to believe what we do not see the reward of this faith is to see what we believe.

Writers get exactly the right amount of fame: just enough to get a good table in a restaurant but not enough so that people are constantly interrupting you while you're eating dinner.

A man is a great bundle of tools. He is born into this life without the knowledge of how to use them. Education is the process of learning their use.

Sting! I mean, come on - whoe doesn't love Sting? Even if you love Megadeath, you have respect for Sting. If you love Pokemon, you'll find out who Sting is someday.

I will do almost anything for the sake of a joke or for the sake of someone's real belief in something to help tell a story.

I do think, as crazy as it sounds, that sports is an addiction and that it should be accorded some of the same supports as any other addiction.

I care for my dogs as if my life depended on them. And oftentimes it does.

Close your eyes and turn your face into the wind. Feel it sweep along your skin in an invisible ocean of exultation. Suddenly, you know you are alive.