I never like to use those terms [like pessimistic].

The act of putting into your mouth what the earth has grown is perhaps your most direct interaction with the earth.

The real cause of hunger is the powerlessness of the poor to gain access to the resources they need to feed themselves.

Every aspect of our lives is, in a sense, a vote for the kind of world we want to live in.

Hunger is a people-made phenomenon, so the central issue is power: the power of those who make the decisions about what is grown and who, or what, it's grown for.

Hunger is not caused by a scarcity of food but a scarcity of democracy.

Our heavily meat-centered culture is at the very heart of our waste of the earth's productivity.

Hope is a stance, not an assessment.

Every choice we make can be a celebration of the world we want.

[O]ur greatest contributions to the cause of freedom and development overseas is not what we do over there, but what we do right here at home.

Hope is not what we find in evidence, it's what we become in action.

The most important duty of a teacher is to not only teach but to also inspire and enhance the desire for learning.

Goodness by its nature is lovable and love finds it impossible not to pursue goodness.

I'm at the stage in my pregnancy where I don't feel pregnant. You feel very, 'Oh yeah, I'm pregnant, ' because you're over the morning sickness and it's not too uncomfortable. It's fun.

I'm just so grateful, because to feel this vulnerable means I'm alive.

Everybody needs to read a lot of revolutionary stuff, because the revolution is a big part of our will to live.

To disrespect the masses is moral; to honor them, lawful.

I cannot imagine my hometown without forests, and I cannot imagine the earth turned into a desert.

I just never felt like I belonged anywhere. I always had a stick with a little knapsack attached.

I'm in favor of doing tax reform, but I think tax reform ought to be revenue neutral as it was back during the [Ronald] Reagan years. We've resolved this issue.

Accept that the moment you buy your latest iPad, iPhone, tablet, app or game it will be promptly followed by a vastly improved and sleeker looking version.