"We should be concerned not only about the health of individual patients, but also the health of our entire society."

"There's no question that as science, knowledge and technology advance, that we will attempt to do more significant things. And there's no question that we will always have to temper those things with ethics."

"With everything that is complex, we learn. If you don't learn, then it's an utter and abject failure. If you do learn, and you're able to apply that to the next situation, then you take away a measure of success."

"Marriage is a very sacred institution and should not be degraded by allowing every other type of relationship to be made equivalent to it."

"You're not going to say anything about me that I'm not going to say about myself. There's so many things that I think about myself if someone really wanted to get at me, they could say this and this and this. So I'm going to say it before they can. It's the best policy for me."

"Take free money. No matter how in debt you are, if your employer offers a matching contribution on a 401(k) or other retirement vehicle, you must sign up and contribute enough to get the maximum company match each year. Think of it as a bonus."

"When truth has no burning, then it is philosophy, when it gets burning from the heart, it becomes poetry."

"To withdraw is not to run away, and to stay is no wise action, when there's more reason to fear than to hope."