Laurie David

“What does everyone in America own? A car. What is the quickest way to reduce our dependence on oil? Embrace hybrid technology.”

“Celebrities who lend their names to causes to raise lot of money for important issues should be admired and not marginalized and made fun of.”

“Exercise is essential for good health. But we can't exercise our way out of the obesity epidemic.”

“Rush Limbaugh criticizes me a lot on the air. I take that as a badge of honor.”

“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.”

“A big part of the challenge is teaching your kids how to have a real conversation, not a texting conversation. If they're not sitting down at the table, the art of conversation is going to go.”

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

“When you go to pick your kids up from school, cars are lined up idling for anywhere from five to 20 minutes. Starting a 'no idling' rule in your school carpool lane could have a huge impact.”

“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.”

“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.”

“For a guy who spends endless hours on a golf course, it's best not to have a wife waiting for you at home.”

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

“We are all victims of the marketing that says cooking is hard and takes too long, but that's simply not true. Scrambled eggs take five minutes to make.”

“I had to stop following certain friends because I was constantly seeing them tweet about all the parties that I wasn't invited to! The worst is the Twitpic - people take pictures of themselves at these fun dinners, and you're not there.”