One word, in this place, respecting asparagus. The young shoots of this plant, boiled, are the most unexceptionable form of greens with which I am acquainted.

Every thing in human character goes to wreck, under the reign of procrastination, while prompt action gives to all things a corresponding and proportional life and energy.

I'm still at the beginning of my career. It's all a little new, and I'm still learning as I go.

What right had they to make me suffer like that?

Silence and invisibility go hand in hand with powerlessness.

All I know is that I must soon die, but what I know least is this very death which I cannot escape.

I smoke cigars because at my age if I don't have something to hang on to I might fall down.

If we're talking about healthcare lets talk about a healthy diet. If there is anything better in the world in dealing with a healthcare problem it's prevention! We CAN afford prevention!

Labour is ... not the only source of material wealth, i.e, of the use-values it produces. As William Petty says, Labour is the father of material wealth, the earth is its mother.

Ask yourself to slow down.

Those who will not take the trouble to think for themselves, have always somebody that thinks for them; and the difficulty in writing is to please those from whom others learn to be pleased.

I try to be as honest about what I see and to speak rather than be silent, especially if it means I can save lives, or serve humanity.