Given that I'm from the South, I wanted to do something to address that. I have been focusing more energy and resources on addressing those issues.

I think that if everyone did at least embrace a more plant-centered diet, it would improve public health.

What makes the farmers market such a special place is that you are actually creating community around food.

Given that it takes up to 16 pounds of grain to produce one pound of meat, I think we can also go a long way toward ending hunger and saving the environment as well.

I don't necessarily think veganism is going to save the world.

I'm in San Francisco because of the energy, the ideas, and the fact that this is a great place for me to land. When I'm traveling and working nationally, I love coming back here.

And that was part of the tragedy: I had just started to know her. I was mourning the relationship that could have blossomed but didn’t have a chance to grow.

Do you think it's really the Boogeyman that killed Brent? You think it's back?""I sincerely hope not.""When you say things like that, I start to cry a little on the inside.

The control of knowledge is the crux of tomorrow's worldwide struggle for power in every human institution.

Being true to our beliefs—even when doing so isn’t popular, easy, or fun—keeps us safely on the path that leads to eternal life with our Heavenly Father.

Growing up, I liked all the stuff that everyone else was listening to, like Motown, but the biggest group of all was The Beatles.

An aphorism? Fire without flames. Understandable that no one tries to warm himself at it.

Either that boy is the sanest creature on Earth, he thought, or he is so disturbed that our tests cannot even begin to scratch the surface.

I'm a mom. I'm from Ethiopia. I gave birth in the U.S. and had all the proper care available to me. If I had given birth in Ethiopia - I don't know if I might have even survived it.

Better rooms better furniture, better objects d'art can only be created for a society interested in living - not existing.

I am volatile for one, rigid for another, angular as an icicle in silver, or voluptuous as a candle flame in gold.