"I have always said there is only one thing that can bring our nation down - our dependence on foreign countries for food and energy. Agriculture is the backbone of our economy"

"A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body"

"Thirty percent of the Nation's energy comes off the gulf coast"

"I will not eat oysters. I want my food dead. Not sick. Not wounded. Dead"

"The food here is terrible, and the portions are too small"

"Don't be afraid to fail. Don't waste energy trying to cover up failure. Learn from your failures and go on to the next challenge. It's OK to fail. If you're not failing, you're not growing"

"Life begets life. Energy creates energy. It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich"

"What is food to one man is bitter poison to others"

"Oh, the miraculous energy that flows between two people who care enough to get beyond surfaces and games, who are willing to take the risks of being totally open, of listening, of responding with the whole heart. How much we can do for each other"

"Not necessity, not desire - no, the love of power is the demon of men. Let them have everything - health, food, a place to live, entertainment - they are and remain unhappy and low-spirited: for the demon waits and waits and will be satisfied"

"The use of solar energy has not been opened up because the oil industry does not own the sun"