The FDA serves a real purpose: To protect public health.

I need to solve the problem. It's no different from how am I going to get my son out the door when he needs to go to school. It's a bigger version of that same type of problem.

One of the best aspects of health care reform is it starts to emphasize prevention.

If you want to change this world, this community that we all live in, then get up and do it. And just start something.

A solid foundation in genetics is increasingly important for everyone.

It is important to democratize personal genetics and make it more accessible.

There should be choice in healthcare.

FDA clearance is an important step on the path towards getting genetic information integrated with routine medical care.

It's just the reality. Everyone's going to die and everyone's going to get sick at some point. But I do believe that there are choices you can make in life that will make you as healthy as possible.

I think the U.S. is falling behind. There's massive government initiatives going around the world and you see that there's a real enthusiasm for genetics.

I guess I'm just fiercely independent.

Alec looked at her and shook his head. "How do you manage never to get mud on your clothes?"Isabelle shrugged philosophically. "I'm pure at heart. It repels the dirt.

When we are very young, our parents inadvertently program us to be what we eventually become. ~ Peggy Toney Horton

For a minute there, I thought I stood a chance. But I guess in the end, Mitchell will still be the lucky one.

Injustice is censured because the censures are afraid of suffering, and not from any fear which they have of doing injustice.

Ask yourself every couple of minutes, 'Can I go harder? Can I do more?' You've got so much power. Show me.

Never do anything that is unpleasant to others.

The price of empire is America's soul, and that price is too high.

I'm not much of a party guy anymore.

Well, it doesn't look good. Makes me look like one of those unloved latchkey children they make after-school specials about." "Don't sell yourself short. You're more Masterpiece Theatre.

Your sins are great? Just tell the Lord: Forgive me, help me to get up again, change my heart!