I could never just look at a meal as a time to refuel. For me it's an opportunity to accomplish something. To connect, to teach, to share values.

As a young mom I was kind of desperate for some happy family moments and I realized that they don't usually show up all on their own, you have to create them - or at the very least, create an opportunity for them to bloom.

Family dinner is how we civilize our children. It is how we get them into good habits like drinking water with supper, saying please and thank you, learning how to listen and take turns. It's how we pass on our family histories.

When kids help cook, even if its just shredding the herbs or stirring the pot, they eat more and they eat better.

Having a sit down, no screens, home cooked dinner is one of the most powerful things you can do as a parent and I believe it's the most important activity you can do as a family.

I was almost surprised to realize that I had actually done something right as a parent by insisting on regular family dinners.

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

My dad was a pool-equipment salesman. He died when I was 12. Heart attack on a golf course.

I find it so exciting to grow your own food.

Growing up, I didn't have great family dinners. We sat down every night, and my mother cooked food, but it was always about who was going to leave the table crying first.

I'm becoming more of a religious person actually as I get older, which I think is not an unusual phenomenon.

And I think comedy obviously a great way to get a message out because you know the reason why things are funny is because they're true.

It would be very difficult for me to stay in a marriage with a Republican at this point. Not that there's anything wrong with Republicans, but I happen to be a Democrat.

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.

Fear of failure, what is that? It would never occur to me.

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

A bald man driving a hybrid is a very sexy thing.

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.

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.

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.

What is the quickest way to reduce our dependence on oil? Embrace hybrid technology.

Environmental communicators are too cautious. I throw caution to the wind.

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.

That's what hurts the environmental movement - holding people to a standard they cannot meet. That just pushes people away.