A successful dinner is one that lasts a while and one where everyone leaves happy.
A big part of the challenge is teaching your kids how to have a real conversation, not a texting conversation. If they're not sitting down at the table, the art of conversation is going to go.
What does everyone in America own? A car. What is the quickest way to reduce our dependence on oil? Embrace hybrid technology.
Offshore drilling is not the answer, it is not going to get us anything.
School lunch should be made fresh on the premises every day. Our children deserve that respect.
If you take added sugar out of your diet, when you have fruit for dessert it is going to taste fantastic!
I have kids, I want something left for them. It's a cliche, I know, but it's true. That's what drives me every day.
Americans want to reduce our dependence on oil. And Americans really don't wanna be contributing global warming if they can help it.
I'm very average. I'm into fresh, yummy family food. I'm into leftovers.
The fact that this is what John McCain is suggesting - more offshore drilling and more nuclear power plants? I don't think so. Not even close. Not even in the ballpark of what we need.
If you can influence five people, fantastic. If you can influence five hundred people, fantastic. It's all important.
I didn't have any eating disorder or food addiction, but I struggle like every single person with my weight every day. Honestly, a day does not go by where I am not thinking about what I am eating.
Any time you put people in a room with Bill McDonough, they leave there blown away, their mouths agape. I had a similar feeling when I first met Al Gore.
Scientists are not necessarily the best communicators.
If you're doing takeout, try to get the healthiest takeout you can. And just take it out of the plastic, right? Get your grandma's old china or get a fancy little bowl, and put the takeout in the bowl and light a candle.
Small acts by millions of people - imagine the impact of that. If someone changes one thing, they're likely to change two things, and then three things. Then they're likely to demand that from their leadership.
By the way, what happened to our surgeon general who warned us about AIDS and smoking? That position has been completely stripped of power.
That's what hurts the environmental movement - holding people to a standard they cannot meet. That just pushes people away.
Environmental communicators are too cautious. I throw caution to the wind.
What is the quickest way to reduce our dependence on oil? Embrace hybrid technology.
