If you don't know your blood pressure, it's like not knowing the value of your company.

That's how most men connect - in bed. The physical connection is important because it reinforces the emotional one.

Food is no longer sacred to us: in becoming too efficient we've changed its nature.

Hostility comes from loneliness, from not seeing yourself like a drop falling into the ocean of humanity like everyone else.

Not enough families eat together. We eat in front of the TV while we're absorbed in a program.

True health care reform cannot happen in Washington. It has to happen in our kitchens, in our homes, in our communities. All health care is personal.

Surgery has trained me better than anything else to connect with people.