in a world where only a minor portion of the land is really well suited to agriculture, man is using much of the best land with dubious efficiency.

The act of putting into your mouth what the earth has grown is perhaps your most direct interaction with the earth.

The real cause of hunger is the powerlessness of the poor to gain access to the resources they need to feed themselves.

Every aspect of our lives is, in a sense, a vote for the kind of world we want to live in.

Hunger is a people-made phenomenon, so the central issue is power: the power of those who make the decisions about what is grown and who, or what, it's grown for.

Hunger is not caused by a scarcity of food but a scarcity of democracy.

Our heavily meat-centered culture is at the very heart of our waste of the earth's productivity.

Hope is a stance, not an assessment.

Every choice we make can be a celebration of the world we want.

[O]ur greatest contributions to the cause of freedom and development overseas is not what we do over there, but what we do right here at home.

Hope is not what we find in evidence, it's what we become in action.

Leadership: Converting dreams into goals and goals into success.

The best way to lose weight is to know that you are light.

Better to be quirky alone than unhappy together.

Manage by exception.Only require reporting when there is a deviation from the plan.

There is no art without a poetic aim.

You know why conductors live so long? Because we perspire so much.

One must, so long as there is any life left, back up the character of one's life.

A little folly is desirable in him that will not be guilty of stupidity.

Action and care will in time wear down the strongest frame, but guilt and melancholy are poisons of quick dispatch.

I have been known to hang out and party back in the day. I had a weekend that lasted a few years.