Your dollar cheeseburger isn't a dollar if you factor in what it's going to cost in health care.

Benjamin Franklin refused to have one of his children vaccinated against smallpox. The four-year-old boy died, and Franklin wrote later of how mistaken he was to expose him to the needless risk.

I think it is true that you can eat extremely healthy food at McDonald's, and you can eat amazingly badly at Chipotle.

Daily vitamins are of no value.

People wrap themselves in their beliefs. And they do it in such a way that you can't set them free. Not even the truth will set them free.

I understand the horrors of having no insurance, but, believe me, eight hours of sleep and good meals are NOT going to prevent you from getting sick. Don't gamble with your life; it's a stupid bet.

In the Internet age, with the screaming on the radio, etc., it is hard to know what to believe and who is informed and who is not.

I started to write about science and medicine at the Washington Post, in the early days of the AIDS epidemic.

I have never earned one penny from any pharmaceutical company. I will never accept one penny from them either. Ever.

It is not possible to assert publicly that Monsanto is anything other than venal without being accused of being a sellout, a fraud, or worse.

There are always potential side effects for every vaccine.

You don't speak of dreams as unreal. They exist. They leave a mark behind them.

If you really want to talk to the big boss now, make sure you leave your balls here with me, for he likes no balls on people he is talking to.

No man thinks the same story when looking at a photo because every mind lived a different story!

Do you know what it’s like, to hide in the shadows until your soul starts to blend into the darkness?

A family is a tyranny ruled over by it's weakest member.

He liked to fish; he seemed to take pride in being able to like such a stupid occupation.

I just want to do the least work in the least time and make the most money.

Time is the moving imago of the unmoving eternity.

Human experience throughout the ages has been enhanced through learning, information and communication.

I work hard and support myself.