I don't crave publicity, you know.

I'd find it demeaning to be cleaning toilets.

My aim in helping the patient was not to cause death. My aim was to end suffering. It's got to be decriminalized.

The public has no power. The government knows I'm not a criminal. The parole board knows I'm not a criminal. The judge knows I'm not a criminal.

Rotten travesty. Yeah. Send me to jail for contempt. Try that. Go ahead.

I would not want to live with a tube in my neck and not be able to move a finger. I wouldn't - that to me is not life.

I hate to say this, but I'll repeat it: After death, all we know that you do is stink.

My intent was to carry out my duty as a doctor, to end their suffering. Unfortunately, that entailed, in their cases, ending of the life.

I have a natural right to do whatever I want with my body as long as it doesn't affect anybody else or any other property.

Despite the solace of hypocritical religiosity and its seductive promise of an after-life of heavenly bliss, most of us will do anything to thwart the inevitable victory of biological death.

I knew I was getting into one of the most illegal things in the world. It was the right thing to do.

It brings tears of joy to a teacher’s eye when the student becomes a great success.

Sharing your story is a courageous step towards healing your own heart.

We'll all be better off the day we stop letting unhappy, unsuccessful people tell us how to be happy and successful. You already know the way... follow it.

I never forget that I live in a house owned by all the American people and that I have been given their trust.

I used to care about how I looked. Now I don’t care as much. Maybe it’s because I’m so handsome.

When I ask people to give, I can't be on television if they don't; I can't help people, if I don't - I mean, it takes money.

I like my lyrics to feel conversational and truthful, as if we're having real talk. I don't really like generic lyrics.

The best thing about New York is everything is available. Whatever you want, New York has got it!

Well, you know, it's really been, you know, quite a trip for me.