Once the Government Accountability Office did a review of food safety systems in other countries and found many things about those food safety systems that were better than ours [American].

There's no question that largely vegetarian diets are as healthy as you can get. The evidence is so strong and overwhelming and produced over such a long period of time that it's no longer debatable.

Unbelievable as it may seem, one-third of all vegetables consumed in the United States come from just three sources: french fries, potato chips, and iceberg lettuce.

The real reason for health claims is well established: health claims sell food products.

Eat less, move more, eat lots of fruits and vegetables, go easy on junk foods.

Here we have the great irony of modern nutrition: at a time when hundreds of millions of people do not have enough to eat, hundreds of millions more are eating too much and are overweight or obese.

The key dietary messages are stunningly simple: Eat less, move more, eat more fruits and vegetables, and don't eat too much junk food. It's no more complicated than that.

These days the biggest issue is how many calories you consume. So all of this stuff distracts people from thinking about calories.

They (food companies) are putting $36 billion into directing those choices. And their methods are very effective.

Restaurants that have health-conscious consumers will pay attention to this.

It's a completely reasonable diet -- heavy on fruits and vegetables and fresh, seasonal foods. I'm totally for it. It's common sense in a nice package.

Life is serious, motherhood should be fun.

He who is shallow cannot think deeply.

There are, as is known, insects that die in the moment of fertilization. So it is with all joy: life's highest, most splendid moment of enjoyment is accompanied by death.

I suppose not everyone has a dad who wrote a book saying he didn't believe in the Parliamentary road to socialism.

Pilots are drawn to flying because it's a perfect combination of science, romance and adventure.

Being an employee is a bad outcome. You want to avoid that. Being an employee is never a good outcome. That's just an opinion.

And what does it matter when light enters the room where a child sleeps and the waking mother, opening her eyes, wishes more than anything to be unwakened by what she cannot name?

The only reason free markets have a ghost of a chance is that they are so much more efficient than any other form of organization.

Raise the stakes! Always push your luck because no one else would push it for you.

I always think it's really hard if you are Asian or Chinese to be really in Hollywood. There are not so many really great characters for you.