If you're a Christian and you're running for president and you want to make this into a theocracy, I'm not going to support you.

I'm a good neurosugeon. That's not a boast but a way of acknowledging the innate ability God has given to me. Beginning with determination and using my gifted hands, I went on for training and sharpening for my skills.

A good surgeon doesn't just concentrate on technical ability, but also on the appropriateness of what you're doing.

I never had money for anything. But I tell you what did really work - books. Between the covers of those books I could go anyplace, I could be anybody, I could do anything.

I would love us to bring back our Juedo-Christian values and begin to teach those things, at a time other than a political election.

I consider myself a logical person and, you know, a lot of people try to categorize me in one way or another.

That's the only way we're going to get through these programs. That is true compassion. Having people become dependent on others is not compassion at all.