We're not trying to reinvent the wheel; for any environmental organization to claim sole responsibility for any kind of victory is insane, because everybody attacks these problems as a group.

The environmental movement, like all political processes, reacts best to disasters. But these are very slow, very gradual disasters in the making.

We are so arrogant, we forget that we are not the reason for evolution, we are not the point of evolution. We are part of evolution. Unfortunately, we believe that we've been created to dominate the planet, to dominate nature. Ain't true.

One of the ingredients that made Cheers work so well was the great ensemble of actors we had. That's the case with any good series.

Sharks have swum the oceans for over 400 million years, but we're threatening this critically important species for the purpose of making soup - it's sad and wasteful.

I let my [past] life in peripherally, because I'm interested in what's over there; I want to keep going forward.

I had trouble hanging around [Shelley Long] until we stood onstage together, and then I was in heaven.