“There are seven and a half billion people on this earth - somebody's got to get sucked into a vortex.”

“Having the critics praise you is like having the hangman say you’ve got a pretty neck”

“Great persons, like great empires, leave their mark on history.”

“Then, as now, archaelogists and writers ventured where others feared to tread.”

“Most of the seven billion people in this world suffer from malnutrition. Half do not have enough to eat and the rest of us eat too much.”

“If you're "one in a million", and the world is full of seven billion people, that means there are seven thousand people just like you.”

“One of the biggest health problems facing America's poor is obesity. You know you live in a good place when overeating is a problem.Most of the 6 billion people in the world live short, brutal, miserable lives; 1 billion people try to survive on just a dollar a day. They would love to have the lifestyle of America's poor. Ninety-seven percent of American families our government classifies as 'poor' have color televisions and half own two. Seventy-five percent of poor people have cars and nearly half own their own homes.”