Quotes from Laurie David

Family is anybody you sit down to a meal with - and very often, after college, your family is your friends or the people you work with.

The health claims on packaging are there because they sell products.

Kids need rituals. They need the security of them, the bonding time of them.

It's one thing to have ice cream once in a while with your family, and quite another to eat foods on a regular basis that you don't even know are full of sugar.

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.

In some other life I must have been a pioneer woman because I love to have my hands in the dirt.

The topic of global warming is so heavy that sometimes the only way you can open people's eyes is by greeting them with levity and self-deprecation first.

And by the way, the United States is the biggest cause in global warming pollution. And we're doing the least about it. I find that personally embarrassing.

I want everyone else to become a global warming activist so it's not all on my shoulders.

History will judge Senator Inhofe. You know he has a lot or responsibility on his hands for keeping any kind of movement and serious, meaningful action on global warming happening in the Congress.

Americans want to reduce our dependence on oil. And Americans really don't wanna be contributing global warming if they can help it.

Anytime anyone spoofs anything related to the issue of global warming is good, because to me it's like, okay, gets the word out.

We're all environmentalists. People feel like, 'Well, if I drive an SUV, I guess I can't be someone who works on global warming issues,' and you can. You can! If you drive an SUV, you're still an environmentalist.

Once people learn what global warming means, they start to pay attention.

By the way, what happened to our surgeon general who warned us about AIDS and smoking? That position has been completely stripped of power.

Vote for candidates who care about these issues, and hold these candidates accountable. I don't care what party; I'm past that point. I care whether they are concerned about the energy security of this country.

A great dinner must include not only yummy food, but good conversation.

Yes, I take a private plane on holiday a couple of times a year, and I feel horribly guilty about it. I probably shouldn't do it. But the truth is, I'm not perfect.

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.

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.

Scientists are not necessarily the best communicators.

Scientists speak a certain language. Now there are regular extreme weather reports on the news. Hurricane Katrina was a huge connect-the-dot moment for a lot of people.

When you see that charger in the wall, you have to now say okay that's, that's contributing to global-warming pollution, I have to pull that charger out of the wall.

Nobody's a better critic of myself than me, and I try to do the best I can.