If you're going to drive a Hummer and buy carbon offsets, that's like getting drunk every night and getting into an AA meeting, throwing money in the basket, and leaving.

When we destroy something crated by man we call it vandalism but when we destroy something by nature we call it progress.

We, who have so much, must do more to help those in need. And most of all, we must live simply, so that others may simply live.

The two most abundant forms of power on earth are solar and wind, and they're getting cheaper and cheaper.

California has always led the way on environmental protection and always reaped the benefits, pioneering everything from catalytic convertors on cars to stationary source reduction.

The food in Yugoslavia is fine if you like pork tartare.

People are overwhelmed looking up at the Mount Everest of environmental challenges that we face. But you put one foot in front of the other and you recognize that not everyone is Sir Edmund Hillary.

What we often fail to recognize is how efficient a vegan diet is. Less land, less water, more food for our spiraling population.

If you're not buying recycled products, you're not really recycling.

It takes less land to grow a pound of broccoli than it does a pound of beef. Less land to grow a pound of grain than a pound of beef. Less water, less energy.

I've been in movies with Meryl Streep, Jack Nicholson - but I was on 'The Simpsons,' and finally, in the eyes of my children, I was a star.

A vivid image compels the whole body to follow.

Every major industrial society believes that it has a serious youth problem.

This club needs an impetus of energy - but I just feel tired to be honest. I'm worn out.

I don't want a nation of thinkers, I want a nation of workers

The swifter hand doth the swift words outrun: Before the tongue hath spoke the hand hath done.

My goal was to show that even if people work in a garage or a supermarket, they have very funny things to say. We never hear their voices.

I guess I try to find the humor by juxtaposing deeper themes in literature with what people perceive as being lighter, disposable children's fare in comics.

We ask God to forgive us for our evil thoughts and evil temper, but rarely, if ever ask Him to forgive us for our sadness.

The telling of your stories is a revolutionary act.

After a while, you have no idea how old you are because you've lied so many times.