I was perhaps the worst student you have ever seen. You know, I thought I was stupid, all my classmates thought I was stupid, so there was general agreement.

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?

Peace is not merely the absence of war but the presence of justice, of law, of order —in short, of government.

Sometimes your disappointments make you a stronger person for the future.

I want to be the best advocate and promoter for poetry that I can be.

The attractiveness that exists to man in the very helplessness of woman is scarcely realized.

Every four minutes, another American home or business goes solar.

The truth is, I pretend to be a cynic, but I am really a dreamer who is terrified of wanting something she may never get.

A good teacher is one who helps you become who you feel yourself to be. A good teacher is also one who says something that you won't understand until 10 years later.

There's nothing better for hosting a show than a bunch of people daytime-whiskey drunk.

In every human being there is a special heaven, whole and unbroken.

I never thought I'd be working with Sam [L.Jackson] .That's about as good as it gets.