One of the great things about Ben & Jerry's for me is that not only is it delicious, but I get it for free.

One out of every 100 families in Vermont was a part owner of Ben and Jerry's.

When you are led by values, it doesn't cost your business, it helps your business.

It's good to stand for something, to believe in something and base your business on values.

Now, when we face a problem like global warming, and you understand that the biggest impacts on global warming come from business and industry, I think business needs to take a leading role.

Business can be a source of progressive change.

Look at your business and the activities that you undertake. Then, start to think about not just your economic concerns, but about social and environmental impacts that businesses have.

Businesses typically look at issues like price, quality, time of delivery. They don't often think about social and environmental impact because they're focused on their financial bottom line.

We measured our success not just by how much money we made, but by how much we contributed to the community. It was a two-part bottom line.

If you support the community, they will support you.

If you open up the mind, the opportunity to address both profits and social conditions are limitless. It's a process of innovation.

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

Dogs are gonna take over the world. It's a known fact for those who believe it, kinda like the Bible.

It's not enough to know pain

The sign of an intelligent people is their ability to control their emotions by the application of reason.

If I had Sirius FM and fire-breathing in a giant puppy dragon, I'd be golden.

Emotions are real, just not the reasons behind them.

The results you achieve will be in direct proportion to the effort you apply.

I now derive physical and spiritual pleasure from gardening and there is tremendous satisfaction in knowing that I could survive almost anywhere if I had to.

There was things which he stretched, but mainly he told the truth.

Every writer knows the terror of an unexpected success. How to carry on? How to repeat it?