I would say healthcare in Vietnam is so-so. There are several international clinics that are good but expensive and the care offered is limited.

Indochina gets into your blood and once you have a taste you'll find it's impossible to stay away.

If, at the end of my days, the sum of what I've taken exceeds the sum of what I've given, then I have lived in vain.

Born in the Flint, Michigan, big boat sailing on the Great Lakes and skiing in the winter was how most of my youth was spent.

Overall the cost of living in Ho Chi Minh City is cheap and if you can stay away from Western restaurants and use just local products in your everyday life it's really cheap.

Thailand has good medical care and even though I haven't tried it, Singapore is said to have high quality care also.

For the most part Ho Chi Minh City is safe but like any large city you need to pay attention to what's going on around you.

Why Ho Chi Minh City? It is crowded, noisy, scruffy, crazy, but always interesting and things are happening all at a break neck speed.

I'm divorced and have a son and a grandson and it is a problem being away most of the time. Living as I do, if I had a wife and children I think it would be really hard to do.

My home address is a small apartment in Fair Oaks, California but I'm here in Ho Chi Minh City right now staying in a rented room and this is where I spend a good part of every year.

On my discharge, I had the challenge of putting my life back together but Vietnam stuck in the inner recesses of my mind.

What have I done to her?" Gabriel muttered to himself as he crossed the room to crank open a window. Cool air washed over his skin. "What the devil did she do to me?

My grandfather taught me generosity. He sold snow cones in Harlem. I went with him at 5 and he let me hand out the change and snow cones. I learned a lot in the couple of years that we did that.

A man who lifts his chin in pride will fail to see the chasm at his feet.

Our invisible governors are, in many cases, unaware of the identity of their fellow members in the inner cabinet.

People say that [i'm a celebrity], but I've only had to sign autographs for "civ-libs" types. And I autograph court orders.

Life is a well of joy; but for those out of whom an upset stomach speaks, which is the father of melancholy, all wells are poisoned.

Hell must be a place where you are only allowed to read what you agree with.

Our life evokes our character and you find out more about yourself as you go on.

Every day declare for yourself what you want in life. Declare it as though you have it!

Science is a way for us to not fool ourselves.