People are fed by the food industry, which pays no attention to health, and are treated by the health industry, which pays no attention to food.

American agriculture is badly in need of diversity. Another threat to the food system of course is the likelihood that petroleum is not going to get any cheaper.

We need better government, no doubt about it. But we also need better minds, better friendships, better marriages, better communities.

These are people who are capable of devotion, public devotion, to justice. They meant what they said and every day that passes, they mean it more.

A man's life is always dealing with permanence, that is the most dangerous kind of irresponsibility is to think of your doings as temporary.

History overflows time. Love overflows the allowance of the world. All the vessels overflow, and no end or limit stays put. Every shakable thing has got to be shaken. In a sense, nothing that was ever lost in Port William ever has been replaced. In another sense, nothing is ever lost, and we are compacted together forever, even by our failures, our regrets, and our longings.

People are fed by the food industry, which pays no attention to health, and are treated by the health industry, which pays no attention to food.