I think it is true that you can eat extremely healthy food at McDonald's, and you can eat amazingly badly at Chipotle.

Benjamin Franklin refused to have one of his children vaccinated against smallpox. The four-year-old boy died, and Franklin wrote later of how mistaken he was to expose him to the needless risk.

Daily vitamins are of no value.

People wrap themselves in their beliefs. And they do it in such a way that you can't set them free. Not even the truth will set them free.

Your dollar cheeseburger isn't a dollar if you factor in what it's going to cost in health care.

I understand the horrors of having no insurance, but, believe me, eight hours of sleep and good meals are NOT going to prevent you from getting sick. Don't gamble with your life; it's a stupid bet.

In the Internet age, with the screaming on the radio, etc., it is hard to know what to believe and who is informed and who is not.

I started to write about science and medicine at the Washington Post, in the early days of the AIDS epidemic.

I have never earned one penny from any pharmaceutical company. I will never accept one penny from them either. Ever.

It is not possible to assert publicly that Monsanto is anything other than venal without being accused of being a sellout, a fraud, or worse.

There are always potential side effects for every vaccine.

I worked all day in back ofa hot van snipping off dog balls, I can cut one more pair. (Dark City Lights)

An unnoticed corner of the world suddenly becomes noticed, and when you notice something clearly and see it vividly, it becomes sacred. (On Robert Frank's photography)

Well, I'm known as a guitar-rock guy, you know? You're not supposed to play with synthesizers. This is not in the rulebook.

Adults forget the depths of languor into which the adolescent mind decends with ease. They are prone to undervalue the mental growth that occurs during daydreaming and aimless wandering

I always felt that if I was going to do a movie, I wanted it to be authentic.

I've been alone for about eight years and it doesn't bother me.

I'm delighted with the way I'm playing at the moment

Progress depends on our brain. The most important part of our brain, that which is neocortical, must be used to help others and not just to make discoveries.

The end is near," Moridin said. "The Wheel has groaned its final rotation, the clock has lost its spring, the serpent heaves its final gasps.

That little green drink inspired hallucination is right!