Who Was Jesus? Fingerprints of the Christ just might be the best short introduction to Biblical scholarship yet.

The fact that the federal government is the nation's greatest environmental villain has not stopped activists from reflexively turning to politicians to “protect the environment.”

Utopia is not one of the options.

The average taxpayer in Germany or Japan pays less for the defense of his country than the average taxpayer in America pays for the defense of Germany or Japan.

The only reason nice guys finish last is because they think they’ll finish last. You don’t win the race by walking around the starting line saying ‘I’m not going to win this race’.

Authority in science exists to be questioned, since heresy is the spring from which new ideas flow.

I worked, studied, mothered and continued to be an activist. I found that Cuba was much different from the US; its government was genuinely trying to erase racism.

We're a big check mark on everybody's schedule. I told them it's just another challenge; let's go after it.

Better to have your enemies inside your tent pissing out, then to have them outside your tent pissing in.

[On home births:] In a house where there had been three people, there were now four, although no one had come in the door.

To be accurate, write; to remember, write; to know thine own mind, write. And a written prayer is a prayer of faith, special, sure, and to be answered.

Go jump off a cliff, Leah.

Not everybody can do the comic book adaptation thing and make it believable. It is challenging.

Out of all of the Star Trek movies, I happen to like the most recent one the best. I think it was the best one ever done.