You can't put a price tag on preparation for a pandemic.

The other big lesson from Katrina is that it pays to be prepared. But it's also very difficult to stay prepared because the longer you go between events the more you'll see complacency.

We as a global community are only as strong as our weakest link.

It's critically important that people trust you during a public health crisis.

Looking at the individuals who suffered the most during the hurricane, you could see that those with underlying medical problems were at greater risk.

Ethics is a skill

Smiles form the channels of a future tear.

I had improvised a lot in classes and at the Actors Studio, but I never did it in front of the camera.

I've had so many great experiences in my life, of living total free will, that I wouldn't change it for all the gold in the earth.

Child labor becomes a label of condemnation in spite of its ancient function as the quickest, most reliable way to human independence

So far Im still standing on Sons of Anarchy but all the rest of the people on the show have me in their crosshairs so Im waiting for the bullet in the head.

Life isn't a balance between throwing out and inviting in.

I am told I was born. I do not remember.

I would rather be the offspring of two apes than be a man and afraid to face the truth.

Pinochet and Barack Obama both have the same primary goal, and that's to be president and stay president as long as allowed.