There has never been a verified scientific report that chelation therapy, a gluten-free diet, or anything else can cure autism.

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.

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

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.

Il est ce qui échappe à l'activité des hommes, à la reconsidération et à la correction de leur œuvre.

I pay the School Master but 'tis the school boys that educate my son.

Upon graduation from high school, following my brother by a couple of years, I joined the U.S. Air Force.

I realise that a novel and a film are different mediums. As artistes, we need to respect other artistes. It also needs a lot of courage to take risks to experiment and interpret known literary works.

No artist will tolerate the world for one second as it is.

Be careful never to retire to rest in a room not properly ventilated.

You have to adhere to a certain morality, a certain level of decorum, or else you'll be punished and labeled.

She is mine, and I am hers.

What good is love if you never ask anything of it?

He that falls into sin is a man; that grieves at it, is a saint; that boasteth of it, is a devil.