I've never joined any political party and have no plans to do so. I'm fully independent.

Stem cell research can revolutionize medicine, more than anything since antibiotics.

We have three cats. It's like having children, but there is no tuition involved.

I couldn't join a party that, frankly, tolerates members who are bigots for one thing, homophobes, racists.

I admire the fact that the central core of Buddhist teaching involves mindfulness and loving kindness and compassion.

Now, ignorance is one thing, ignorance can be cured. But many of the Republican leaders opposing this research know better.

The joke in our family is that we can cry reading the phone book.

You cannot be against embryonic stem cell research and be intellectually and therefore morally consistent, if you're not also against in vitro fertilization.

When you hear somebody justifying a war by citing the Almighty, I get a little worried, frankly.

I have to say that flying on Air Force One sort of spoils you for coach on a regular airline.

My wife and I just prefer Seattle. It's a beautiful city. Great setting. You open your front door in the morning and the air smells like pine and the sea, as opposed to bus exhaust.

The principles of the Bible are the groundwork of human freedom.

Music touches us emotionally, where words alone can't.

If your house is on fire warm yourself by it.

Experiencing life through a book can help you learn without all the pain of going through the experiences first hand.

The Net is the ultimate empowerment tool. You have the right to express your opinion to a global audience, but everyone has the right not to pay any attention to it.

In California virtually everyone has had their teeth whitened. If they all smiled at once, they would give us a headache.

I'm scared of watching a TV show about vampires. I can't fall asleep.

Power is God's hand or arm, omniscience is God's eye, mercy is God's delight, eternity is God's duration, but holiness is God's beauty!

When you make something no one hates, no one loves it.