Why should we be letting people smoke their cigars in their comfortable chairs in Raqqa?

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?

Sometimes I think I won't ever feel safe until I can count my last days on one hand.

Children always give this simple message: Be natural, be sincere, be yourself!

I am not ashamed that I was once a vacuum-cleaner salesman, only that I was a *good* vacuum-cleaner salesman.

The uncertainty of parenting can bring up feelings in us that range from frustration to terror.

That a man lives is because he is straight. That a man who dupes others survives is because he has been fortunate enough to be spared.

Parkour belongs to the ones who live it, not the ones who want to live thanks to it.

Did you hear that? I didn't hear anything. Put that question another way.

There was a time when I was 312 pounds. And I've been all different weights.

All machinery is derived from nature, and is founded on the teaching and instruction of the revolution of the firmament.

I mean, when it's time to rhyme rhyme, I can get down for mine.