"Mothers reflect God's loving presence on earth."

“To win the Kentucky Derby is the goal of every trainer, every hot-walker, every backside person. They may be just rubbing on a horse, or hot-walking a horse, but they wonder if they could win the Kentucky Derby.”

“I want every child that's born in the world to be planned and wanted.”

Source : "Dr. Joycelyn Elders Is So Fucking Cool" by Kate Harding, June 03, 2007.

“Despite the fact that a predicted 350,000 persons in the US will die of cancer this year, the cancer bureaucracy keeps a closed mind. ...the basic issue is not the efficacy of Laetrile, but the infringement of freedom in what amounts to a life and death question.”

“I respect the audience's intelligence a lot, and that's why I don't try to go for the lowest common denominator.”

“I picked up a man from the street, and he was eaten up alive from worms. Nobody could stand him, and he was smelling so badly. I went to him to clean him, and he asked, 'Why do you do this?' I said, 'Because I love you.'”

“Pitching in the big leagues is a dream. Preparing to pitch in the big leagues is a nightmare!”

“Spiritual experiences are like mist, they will evaporate.”

“Rather than incorporating study into life, I've done the opposite. I've turned life into study. Where events take me? That's what I dive in to learn.”