It's no secret that I've become known for my strong political views.

In other restaurants you'll see employees signing to each other, since we also hire many deaf men and women.

And for a very special group of people, we've provided their only job. I'm speaking of course of the disabled. They have stated they don't want a hand out just a hand. We are happy to give them one.

If the money we donate helps one child or can ease the pain of one parent, those funds are well spent.

I am happy to donate funds to various organizations that help people in need.

Whenever you're successful you owe that success to the people in the community, because they are the ones buying your product.

We find that other employees are very enthusiastic about their fellow crew members who have disabilities-or what they previously thought of as disabilities.

I've often been asked to run for office. I have no desire to do that, I would not want my time with the family or the company restricted because of the demands of an elected position.

In addition we also hire many senior citizens.

It's no secret that I've become known for my strong political views.

We have developed overlays for the keys of the cash registers with the help of the Braille Institute, so that blind crew members can take orders and help our guests.

We have people working for us full-time because they were forced to retire at 65. I know that I never want to stop working, and I am glad that I can offer positions to others who feel the same way.

Determination is kind of like rhythm: you can't teach it.

I didn't feel particularly close to my father.

From the cradle to the coffin underwear comes first.

I had a house in Haiti, in the hills above the North Atlantic coast. The house appeared as if out of a dream: my dream to have a foothold in the country. Like many concepts do in Haiti, the phrase 'pied a terre' became literal, material.

Each new day is a blank page in the diary of your life.

No doubt solitude is wholesome, but so is abstinence after a surfeit. The true life of man is in society.

Here is what the practical impact of Citizens United means. What Citizens United means is that corporations call hundreds of millions of dollars into television ads, radio ads, and other forms of advertising to defeat those candidates who stand up and take them on.

Bound by paperwork, short on hands, sleep, and energy, nurses are rarely short on caring.

My publisher, who was so good as a taster and editor, when she became a writer, lo and behold, it was all this feminine tosh.

What I like about theater is its team work. Theater is also all-time creativity.

If America wants to retain its position as a global power, its president must listen to the people and show strong leadership at this turning point in human history.

Whether you're tall or shorter, or a little bigger, more curves, skinny - you just have to be proud of what you have, and everyone is beautiful.

We think touch is short-term. The mouse and keyboard were stable for 25 years, but I think touch will be stable for 10 years. Post-touch will be stable for a really long time, longer than 25 years.

I have two Iceland horses, a very hairy dog called Looney, and a guinea pig.

Depression taught me the importance of compassion and hard work, and that you can overcome enormous obstacles.

I'm a passionate man and a passionate reporter. I've also got a loud voice.

Normally I avoid movies where the aliens look like humans. It's cheesy.

Do everything you can to support your partner's well-being, and respect your partner as you would your best friend.

Anecdotal thinking comes naturally; science requires training.

Right discipline consists not in external compulsion but in the habits of mind which lead spontaneously to desirable rather than undesirable activities.

I once won a second prize in a history concert. My parents came to the ceremony. Somebody else had won the prize for best all-around student. Afterwards my father said to me, 'Never, ever disgrace me like that again.' When I tell my Western friends, they are aghast. But I adore my father. It didn't knock my self-esteem at all.

I allow myself to fail. I allow myself to break. I'm not afraid of my flaws.

I have a really adaptable face, but when I am just being me, people always think I am younger than I am.

I collect antiques. Why? Because they're beautiful.