Having the equivalent of 150,000 Hiroshima-sized bombs at the ready does nothing to protect us from terrorists planning to sneak in a bomb through a cargo container.

We decided to redefine the bottom line at Ben & Jerry's

When business starts using its voice for the benefit of the country as a whole, not just in its narrow self interest, it can really be the force that can make the changes that need to be made.

There is a spiritual aspect to our lives - when we give, we receive-when a business does something good for somebody, that somebody feels good about them!

Never trust a skinny ice cream man.

As we help others, we cannot help but help ourselves.

If you're aware of injustice, you can either ignore it, say there is nothing you can do about it, complain about it and not do anything, or put your energies into doing something about it.

It's crazy that in a country where schools are falling apart, we're spending $20 billion on nuclear weapons.

We learned that a product doesn't sell just because you're trying to do good in the world. You still have to have a healthy distribution, a good marketing strategy, and price the product properly.

Business has a responsibility to give back to the community.

If we reduced the amount we spend on maintaining our nuclear weapons by a small fraction, we could reallocate those funds to improve kids' health care and schooling.

When people run in circles it's a very very... mad world.

You don't get ulcers from what you eat. You get them from what's eating you.

I love to both give and receive very old books.

A good story transcends boundaries, breaks barriers and opens doors.

Pain can be a beautiful thing.

You know it's a good show when you involve fire and dolls and unitards.

You generally know when someone asks you to do something- am I more writing, or am I more editing? The editor is the best metaphor for your job.

Writers are lampposts and critics are dogs. Ask lampposts what they think about dogs. Does the dog hurt the lamppost?

Once I fell in love with books, I fell in love completely.

I feel culturally Jewish because of the way that I have lived my adult life.