I say to consumers: instead of relying totally on critics, drink what you like and like what you drink.

It is giving me a great satisfaction, because I had the notion that we could make great wines equal to the greatest wines in the world, and everybody said it was impossible.

If you go back to the Greeks and Romans, they talk about all three - wine, food, and art - as a way of enhancing life.

I want to make wines that harmonize with food - wines that almost hug your tongue with gentleness.

I say to consumers: instead of relying totally on critics, drink what you like and like what you drink.

I've always wanted to improve on the idea of living well, In moderation, wine is good for you - mentally, physically, and spiritually.

We definitely need to get the excitement back.

Even more importantly, it's wine, food and the arts. Incorporating those three enhances the quality of life.

Once I was able to take care of myself and my children, I then wanted to share.

Critics have done the wine industry a lot of good overall.

This is what I think is very essential... moderation can be good for you.

Also, many consumers consider a critic to be like God Almighty.

We want to raise the art of living well.

Ever since I was a child, I wanted to excel in everything.

Wine has been with civilized man from the beginning.

Later, at Stanford University, I thought I'd become a lawyer or businessman, but my father came to me and said he thought there was a big future in the fine-wine business.

My wife taught me the importance of living well.

I always knew that food and wine were vital, with my mother being Italian and a good cook.

My brother and I had saved $15,000 by working many years nailing fruit crates together.

Whether I played marbles, whether I played football or slam anything else, I wanted to excel.

How beautiful it is to excel, and the goodness of giving from your heart.

As I traveled the world over, I traveled everywhere, and I learned so much.

There are a lot of people with a lot of money, and I'm amazed they don't understand what a great pleasure it can be to give.

I always knew the importance of it, since I was three or four years old my mother used to feed me wine and water. I grew up with wine as liquid food.

My mother served me wine and water from the time I was 3 years old.

Wine to me is passion. Its family and friends. Its warmth of heart and generosity of spirit. Wine is art. Its culture. Its the essence of civilization and the art of living.

Making good wine is a skill. Fine wine is an art.

California is the highest-tax state in the nation and has been for a long time. It has the highest-paid teachers in the nation, by far - $400 a month more than New Jersey - and yet California is the third lowest state on test scores for fourth and eighth grade English and math in the nation, and has been at the low level for a long, long time.

I love Nelly. He's such a great performer. He's so hyper and so am I.

A lot of leftists think it is soccer's fault that people don't think, while most rightists are convinced that soccer is a proof that people think with their feet.

Don't get me wrong: I can and do waste time on the Internet with the best of them, but in some respects, I am an embarrassingly analog guy. I am not on Facebook. I write whole books on yellow legal pads. I do not own a cell phone.

If your house is really a mess and a stranger comes to the door greet him with Who could have done this We have no enemies

I have my life on a track that I want it on, and I don't want to get off.

I don't think I would have been able to stick with it and been proud of who I am and be feminine out on the court. I think I would have folded to the peer pressure if I didn't have my mom to encourage me to be me and be proud of how tall I am.

By the time we see that climate change is really bad, your ability to fix it is extremely limited... The carbon gets up there, but the heating effect is delayed. And then the effect of that heat on the species and ecosystem is delayed. That means that even when you turn virtuous, things are actually going to get worse for quite a while.

If confusion is the first step to knowledge I must be a genius.

A lot of small towns in Texas have only volunteer fire departments. And even though they're called volunteer fire departments, they are usually very professional and have great training and usually have good equipment.

As I've said a million times, I'm obsessed with Liya Kebede's LemLem line. The pieces, made by artisans in her native Ethiopia, are perfect for summer! I'm also a big fan of jewelry line Lulu Frost. Designer Lisa Salzer and I have been friends forever, and I love how she incorporates vintage pieces into her jewelry.

In November 2000, the Republicans stole from America our most precious right of all: the right to free and fair elections... Now President Bush occupies the White House, but with questionable legitimacy.

When people affected by epilepsy are reluctant to expose their condition, the public remains in the dark about it - a tragic irony that has made patient care and raising funds for research more than challenging.

I always walk up the escalator on the Tube, and I live in a house with a lot of stairs, and that's good exercise, but you need more than that.

Can you still want something you already have Absolutely. Everyday.

It's hard to be a son of a candidate. It's hard to be a brother of a candidate. I think it may be the hardest thing to be the dad of the candidate.

I am attracted to the complexities and deeper truths of characters, and I can't name a favourite role any more than I can name a favourite food!

All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure.

Stimuli, however, do not act upon an indifferent organism.

I have a lot of anger about my childhood - being hard of hearing and my relationship with my father.

That's the amazing thing about our jobs; it's constantly changing, and it's extremely dynamic, and you, therefore, have to be dynamic as well.

Economists have allowed themselves to walk into a trap where we say we can forecast, but no serious economist thinks we can. You don't expect dentists to be able to forecast how many teeth you'll have when you're 80. You expect them to give good advice and fix problems.