I grew up in the inner city and have spent a lot of time there and have dealt with a lot of patients from that area and recognize that we cannot have a strong nation if we have weak inner cities.

There is a tendency of people to try to make you believe only a few people are smart. As a brain surgeon, I know better than that.

As a pediatric neurosurgeon, I frequently faced life and death situations, and had to come up with the right diagnosis, the right plan, and execute that plan frequently with other colleagues.

It does not matter where we come from or what we look like. If we recognize our abilities, are willing to learn and to use what we know in helping others, we will always have a place in the world.

A good surgeon doesn't just concentrate on technical ability, but also on the appropriateness of what you're doing.

Uninformed people can be easily manipulated.

Obamacare is really I think the worst thing that has happened in this nation since slavery.

God has given to every one of us more than fourteen billion cells and connections in our brain. Now why would God give us such a complex organ system unless He expects us to use it?

Our schools too often want to shut people up so they can't talk about real solutions. People who think differently tend to clam up because they think something is wrong with their ideas.

Everyone in the world worth being nice to. Because God never creates inferior human beings, each person deserves respect and dignity.

Education does not necessarily make one wise?

Good literature is one key to peace. When we stop reading each other, when we stop paying attention to each other's words and stories, we too easily oppose one another.

There is a strength of character in the people who have, by and large, never experienced comfort.

I see no clear reason why the doctrine of self-interest properly understood should turn men away from religious beliefs.

Recognition of the Supreme Being was the first - the most basic - expression of Americanism.

It is not only war that can stop war but men of goodwill, conscious of their mission can deal with such deadly enemy.

You can drastically increase your chances for success if you try lots of things and bring the best forward.

Do you think trees are the new birds? Don’t answer that right away.

Somewhere in him, a shadow turned mournfully over. You had to run with a night like this so the sadness could not hurt

The wise never marry, and when they marry they become otherwise.

The Rock will always come back to us.