So we [Americans] have a history a taking care of each other. Now, for some strange reason starting sort of in the 20's with Woodrow Wilson, the government started getting involved in everything.

There is a tendency of people to try to make you believe only a few people are smart. As a brain surgeon, I know better than that.

As a pediatric neurosurgeon, I frequently faced life and death situations, and had to come up with the right diagnosis, the right plan, and execute that plan frequently with other colleagues.

It does not matter where we come from or what we look like. If we recognize our abilities, are willing to learn and to use what we know in helping others, we will always have a place in the world.

A good surgeon doesn't just concentrate on technical ability, but also on the appropriateness of what you're doing.

Uninformed people can be easily manipulated.

Obamacare is really I think the worst thing that has happened in this nation since slavery.

God has given to every one of us more than fourteen billion cells and connections in our brain. Now why would God give us such a complex organ system unless He expects us to use it?

Our schools too often want to shut people up so they can't talk about real solutions. People who think differently tend to clam up because they think something is wrong with their ideas.

Everyone in the world worth being nice to. Because God never creates inferior human beings, each person deserves respect and dignity.

Education does not necessarily make one wise?

Procrastination is the enemy of every dream.

Religion was instituted to make us happy in this life and in the other. What must we do to be happy in the life to come? Be just.

I always envisioned myself having a traditional and elegant wedding.

I just want to be as creative as I possibly can.

Don't criticize that man unless you have walked in his shoes.

Innocent and infinite are the pleasures of observation.

Not every artist is a role model.

Follow your own way of speaking to our Lord sincerely, lovingly, confidently, and simply, as your heart dictates.

The receptivity of the artist must never be confused with passivity. Receptivity is the artist's holding him or herself alive and open to hear what being may speak.

no one in a group of three is the same person he (she, it) is in a group of two. No more than he is the same in a group of two as he is alone.